Gerunds And Infinitives

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Base form Vs Gerund Vs Infinitive
Base Form: Infinitive without TO
SHARE
Infinitive: always with TO
TO SHARE
Gerund: Base form+ING
SHARING

BASE FORM
After some perception verbs such as HEAR, FEEL or SEE and the verbs LET and MAKE:
I saw you leave home. My parents don’t let me stay out late

GERUNDS
As a subject of a sentence:
After prepositions:
Smoking kills. I thought of calling you, but it was late. After having lunch, they go to school.

GERUNDS
As a Direct Object of certain verbs:
After certain expressions:
Continue Miss Enjoy Prefer Finish Recommend Like/dislike Suggest Love/hate Can’t help Look forward to Can’t stand Spend (time) Feel like Don’t mind It’s no use Would mind Be/Get used to

INFINITIVES
As a subject of a sentence (when we talk about a specific fact)
After some verbs:
To smoke now would be rude. Agree Learn Appear/seem Manage Choose Plan Decide Promise Expect Refuse Hope Want/wish

INFINITIVES
After certain adjectives and adverbs:
After Indirect Object of certain verbs:
Busy Happy Ready Tired Slowly Fast Low High Advise Teach Invite Persuade Tell Warn

VERBS FOLLOWED BY BOTH
Without change in meaning:
With change in meaning:
Begin Propose Forbid Intend Start Stop Remeber Forget Regret

STOP
STOP + GERUND:
To leave an habit
STOP + INFINITIVE:
To interrupt an action for doing something else
You should stop smoking, it will kill you! Let’s stop here to have a drink!

REMEMBER
REMEMBER + GERUND:
It refers to something done in the past
REMEMBER + INFINITIVE:
It refers to the future. We use it when we want to say sth immportant to somenone.
I don’t remeber locking the door! You should remember to call Mr Jones to put off the meeting.

REGRET
REGRET + GERUND:
To regret something from the past.
REGRET + INFINITIVE:
To make bad news public.
She regrets breaking up with him. I regret to tell you that we don’t have any vacancy to be filled.

FORGET
FORGET + GERUND:
To express that we’ve forgotten something which was done in the past.
FORGET + INFINITIVE:
To forget doing something.
I forgot talking to you! (you talked, but you don’t remember) I forgot to call you on your birthday. (you didn’t call, so you didn’t remember)

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Gerunds And Infinitives

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