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2. GERUNDS (ING)
• When a verb ends in -ing, it may be a
gerund or a present participle. It is
important to understand that they are not
the same.
• When we use a verb in -ing form more like
a noun, it is usually a gerund:
• Fishing is fun.
3. GERUNDS (ING)
• When we use a verb in -ing form more like
a verb or an adjective, it is usually a
present participle:
• Anthony is fishing.
• I have a boring teacher.
4. GERUNDS AS SUBJECT, OBJECT OR
COMPLEMENT
• Try to think of gerunds as verbs in noun form.
• Like nouns, gerunds can be the subject, object or complement
of a sentence:
Smoking costs a lot of money.
I don't like writing.
My favourite occupation is reading.
• But, like a verb, a gerund can also have an object itself. In this
case, the whole expression [gerund + object] can be the
subject, object or complement of the sentence.
Smoking cigarettes costs a lot of money.
I don't like writing letters.
My favorite occupation is reading detective stories.
5. GERUNDS AS SUBJECT, OBJECT OR
COMPLEMENT
Like nouns, we can use gerunds with adjectives
(including articles and other determiners):
• pointless questioning
• a settling of debts
• the making of Titanic
But when we use a gerund with an article, it does not
usually take a direct object:
• a settling of debts (not a settling debts)
• Making "Titanic" was expensive.
• The making of "Titanic" was expensive
6. GERUNDS AFTER
PREPOSITIONS
If we want to use a verb after a preposition, it
must be a gerund. It is impossible to use an
infinitive after a preposition. So for example,
we say:
• I will call you after arriving at the office.
• Please have a drink before leaving.
Notice that you could replace all the above
gerunds with "real" nouns:
• I will call you after my arrival at the office.
• Please have a drink before your departure.
7. GERUNDS AFTER CERTAIN
VERBS
We sometimes use one verb after another verb. Often the
second verb is in the infinitive form, for example:
• I want to eat.
But sometimes the second verb must be in gerund form, for
example:
• I dislike eating.
This depends on the first verb. Here is a list of verbs that are
usually followed by a verb in gerund form:
• admit, appreciate, avoid, carry
on, consider, defer, delay, deny, detest, dislike, endure, enjoy,
escape, excuse, face, feel like, finish, forgive, give up, can't
help, imagine, involve, leave
off, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practise, put
off, report, resent, risk, can't stand, suggest, understand
8. INFINITIVE
• An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word to
plus a verb (in its simplest "stem" form) and
functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb. The
term verbal indicates that an infinitive, like the
other two kinds of verbal, is based on a verb and
therefore expresses action or a state of being.
• However, the infinitive may function as a
subject, direct object, subject
complement, adjective, or adverb in a sentence.
Although an infinitive is easy to locate because of
the to + verb form, deciding what function it has in
a sentence can sometimes be confusing.
9. EXAMPLES
• His ambition is to fly. (subject complement)
• He lacked the strength to resist. (adjective)
• We must study to learn. (adverb)
• Infinitives: to fly, to draw, to become, to enter,
to stand, to catch, to belong
• Prepositional Phrases: to him, to the
committee, to my house, to the mountains, to
us, to this address
10. AN INFINITIVE PHRASE
• Is a group of words consisting of an infinitive
and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or
noun phrase(s) that function as the actor(s),
direct object(s), indirect object(s), or
complement(s) of the action or state
expressed in the infinitive, such as:
• We intended to leave early.
• The infinitive phrase functions as the direct
object of the verb intended.
to leave (infinitive)
early (adverb)
11. POINTS TO REMEMBER
• An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the
word to plus a verb; it may be used as a
noun, adjective, or adverb.
• An infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive
plus
modifier(s), object(s), complement(s), and/
or actor(s).
• An infinitive phrase requires a comma only
if it is used as an adverb at the beginning
of a sentence.