Gerunds and infinitivies Flashcards
Uses (gerunds)
- Subject of the clause
- Activities
- Prepositions (to, on, in, about)
- Past and regrets
Likes and dislikes, following verbs (gerunds)
Like, love, enjoy, hate, can’t stand, look forwad to
Following verbs (gerunds)
Avoid, can’t help, like, love, enjoy, prefer, don’t like, hate, can’t stand, not mind, keep, miss, practice, risk, suggest, imagine
Adjective + preposition (gerunds)
Angry about, excited about, depressed about, happy/sad about, afraid of, sick/ tired of, bored with, crazy about
Verb + preposition (gerunds)
Complain about, talk about, worry about, think about, apologize for, believe in, object to
Infinitive
To talk about hopes, intentions and decision
- Places
- Adjectives
- Future
Following verbs (infinitive)
Afford, agree, appear, arrange, be sure, choose, decide, expect, fail, hope, help, intent, hesitate, learn, manage, need, offer, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, seem, want, wish, would like
Verb + someone + infinitive
Allow, ask, expect, force, help, invite, like, need, remind, teach, tell, want, would like
Verb + someone + base form
Feel, hear, help, notice, see, watch
Verbs with no difference in meaning between gerunds and infinitive
Prefer, continue, hate, like, love, start, begin
Meaning change with gerunds and infinitivies
Remember, go on, stop, mean, try, regret, forget
Stop + gerund
Stop + infinitive
- Stop a continues action. Action has ended
- Stop in order to do something
Remember + gerund
Remember + infinitive
- Remember something that happened
- Remember something that needs to be done
Go on + gerund
Gon on + infinitive
- To continue an action
- Means the next step
Try + gerund
Try + infinitive
- Experimenting with something
- Attempting something
