Gerund and infinitive constructions. Content: Gerund Infinitive Verbs, which can use the gerund or infinitive Exercices.

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Gerund and infinitive constructions

Content: Gerund Infinitive Verbs, which can use the gerund or infinitive Exercices

Gerund forming verb + „-ing“ Attention: write writing swim swimming die dying

Gerund usage As a subject: «Swimming is fun» As an object: «I enjoy swimming» After a preposition: «I’m interested in learning new things»

Infinitive usage Purpose : He bought some flowers to surprise his wife As a subject: To be or not to be, that’s the question. Comment or judgement: This is the wrong place to park After adjectives: It is good to talk With adverbs: I have too many books to carry To indicate something can ore will be used for: The childreen need a garden to play in

stop He stopped smoking he gave up smoking He stopped to smoke he made a stop to smoke a cigarrette

forget As a kid she always forgot taking the keys with her the situation refers in the past Don’t forget to take the keys with you the futur refers in the future Same with «remember»

remember He remembers buying milk He has the memory of buying milk He remembers to buy milk He thinks of buying the milk in the present

regret I regret going to bed so late. I’m really tired right now I did it in the past and wish I hadn’t done it I regret to tell you that the train has been delayed I give bad news in the present often verbs like «say», «tell» or «inform»

try She tried giving up chocolate, but she didn’t lose weight no problem to stop eating chocolate She tried to give up chocolate, but it was too hard she failed to stop eating chocolate

begin He began to talk He began talking no difference Same with «continue», «hate», «like», «love», «prefer», «start»

Exercices

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