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INFINITIVE VS. GERUND

INFINITIVE VS. GERUND. VERB PATTERNS 1. VB+GERUND. (To create a NOUN from a verb to express a general idea). VB+GERUND List of verbs followed by –ing form. WE USE THE INFINITIVE:. After some adjectives and/or adverbs:.

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INFINITIVE VS. GERUND

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  1. INFINITIVE VS.GERUND • VERB PATTERNS 1

  2. VB+GERUND (To create a NOUN from a verb to express a general idea)

  3. VB+GERUND List of verbs followed by –ing form

  4. WE USE THE INFINITIVE: • After some adjectives and/or adverbs: • To form the subject of a verb that refers to something specific: • “To answer this question is essential”

  5. AFTER CERTAIN VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS: VB+ TO INFINITIVE VB+INFINITIVE ≠ TO • AFTER MODAL AND SEMI-MODAL VERBS: • Would • Would rather • Can • Will

  6. VB + OBJECT+ TO INFINITIVE • AFTER the INDIRECT OBJECT • of certain verbs: (sb/sth to do) • Ask • Tell • Pay • Allow • Teach • Help • Would like • Want

  7. VB +OBJECT+INFINITIVE ≠TO • WITH SOME VERBS AND VERBS OF PERCEPTION: (sb/sth do) • Make • Help • Let • Hear • See • Feel

  8. List of verbs followed by Infinitive:

  9. Verbs followed by Object and an Infinitive:

  10. Gerunds and infinitives: Verbs which choice affects the meaning!!! • Remember and Forget • Stop • Try

  11. Remember and Forget • You should remember to post the letter • I shall always remember meeting you for the first time Remember/forget + infinitive for necessary actions (future) Remember/forget + gerund for memories of the past (past)

  12. stop • I stopped to smoke a cigarette • I stopped smoking cigarettes Stop+ infinitive. To stop an activity so you can do something else Stop+ gerund. To end an action, finish doing something

  13. Try • I´ll try to do it tomorrow • I tried cooking this new dish Try + infinitive implies to make an effort Try + gerund means to experiment with something

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