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Gerunds and Infinitives

Gerunds and Infinitives. Form and Uses. Form. Gerund: you add –ing to a verb: ie. Meet > Meeting Infinitive: you add “to” before the base form of a verb: ie. Meet > To meet. Uses: the gerund. We use the gerund: After some verbs :

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Gerunds and Infinitives

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  1. Gerunds and Infinitives Form and Uses

  2. Form • Gerund: you add –ing to a verb: • ie. Meet > Meeting • Infinitive: you add “to” before the base form of a verb: • ie. Meet > To meet

  3. Uses: the gerund • We use the gerund: • After some verbs: • Suggest, recommend, like/dislike/prefer, love/hate, enjoy, finish, miss, continue, • ie. I suggested going to the cinema (Propuse ir al cine)

  4. In some expressions: • Feel like (Tener ganas de) • It´s no use (No merece la pena) • Get used to / Be used to (Estar acostumbrandose / Estar acostumbrado) • Can´t stand (No poder soportar) • Can´t help (No poder evitar) • Don´t mind (no importar) • ie. I don´t mind cleaning my room

  5. As subject in a sentence when we talk about general actions • ie. Finding solutions to some problems is not easy (Encontrar soluciones a algunos problemas no es fácil)

  6. After prepositions • ie. I´m interested in studying maths

  7. Uses: the infinitive • After some verbs, such as: • Want / wish / hope • Agree • Appear / seem • Choose • Decide • Learn • Plan • Promise • Refuse ie. I want to travel around the country next year

  8. After some adjectives and adverbs • Happy to • Slowly to • ie. I´m happy to be here / He ran too slowly to win

  9. After the indirect object of some verbs, such as: ADVISE, INVITE, TELL, WARN, TEACH, PERSUADE • ie. He advised me to go to the doctor (Me aconsejó que fuese al médico)

  10. Verbs related to perception (HEAR, FEEL, SEE,…) and MAKE / LET are followed by infinitive without to • ie. I saw Eric leave the office / Their parents make themclean their room

  11. Verbs followed by either a gerund or an infinitive • Begin • Propose (proponer) • Forbid • Intend (tener la intención de) • ie.They started answering the letter / They started toanswer the letter

  12. Verbs with a change of meaning • Stop gerund = dejar de hacer algo • Stop infinitive = interrumpir una acción para hacer otra cosa • ie. He stopped going out with Mary / He stopped tohave a coffee

  13. Remember gerund = se refiere algo pasado • Remember infinitive = se refiere al futuro • I remember meeting him at a party / I remembered to close the window

  14. Forget gerund = indica que se nos ha olvidado que ocurrió algo • Forget infinitive = significa olvidarse de hacer algo • ie. I forgot seeing him at a party / I forgot to close the door

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