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INFINITIVE vs. –ING forms

INFINITIVE vs. –ING forms. INFINITIVE. To express purpose: She went to the bank to get money. INFINITIVE. After certain verbs: advise, agree, decide, hope, promise, refuse, seem, want etc. She decided to wait for a better offer. INFINITIVE.

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INFINITIVE vs. –ING forms

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  1. INFINITIVE vs. –ING forms

  2. INFINITIVE • To express purpose: She went to the bank to get money.

  3. INFINITIVE • After certain verbs: advise, agree, decide, hope, promise, refuse, seem, want etc. She decided to wait for a better offer.

  4. INFINITIVE • After verbs like know, decide, ask, learn, remember followed by WH- words: I can’t decide where to go on holiday.

  5. INFINITIVE • After adjectives like: sorry, happy, glad, afraid, ashamed etc. She was glad to be back.

  6. INFINITIVE • After too and enough: She is too sad to talk right now. She was frightened enough to keep silent.

  7. -ING form • As a noun: Swimming is a pleasant activity.

  8. -ING form • After certain prepositions: with, without, of She left without saying a word.

  9. -ING form • After certain verbs: consider, avoid, deny, look forward to, involve, mention, risk, mind, regret, admit, suggest, imagine etc. They avoided speaking to each other all day long.

  10. -ING form • After go for activities: They went camping.

  11. -ING form • After: it’s no use, it’s (not) worth, it’s no good, be busy, there’s no point in, can’t help, can’t stand, be/get used to, have difficulty in I can’t stand waiting in a queue.

  12. -ING form • After: like, love, enjoy, hate, dislike, prefer etc She likes going for long walks.

  13. INFINITIVE or -ING form? • NO change in meaning begin, start, continue, allow, permit, recommend, need, require They began to speak / speaking in a lower voice. They don’t allow parking / us to park here.

  14. INFINITIVE or -ING form? b) With a change in meaning • like + infinitive = preference • like+ -ing = enjoy I like to keep my room clean. I like swimming.

  15. INFINITIVE or -ING form? • stop + infinitive = cease an activity in order to do something else • stop + -ing = cease / interrupt an activity They stopped to greet each other. They stopped laughing because they were too loud.

  16. INFINITIVE or -ING form? • try + infinitive =make an attempt • try + -ing = try as a solution I tried to speak louder, but I failed. I tried speaking English to him because he didn’t understand my language.

  17. INFINITIVE or -ING form? • remember + infinitive = remember to do an activity • remember + -ing form = remember already performing an activity I must remember to water the plants. Ok, I now remember watering the plants.

  18. INFINITIVE or -ING form? • forget + infinitive = not doing an activity • forget + -ing = activity is done and forgotten about I forgot to tell her to water the plants. I forgot telling her to water the plants, so I did it again.

  19. INFINITIVE or -ING form? • hear / see / watch / listen + -ing = witnessing a performing action I heard him talking on the phone. • hear / see / watch / listen + infinitive= witnessing the whole process I heard him talk on the phone.

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