2. How is it
formed?
To form a verb infinitive usually
we putting thatv verb to
preposition after another verb.
However, there are other cases in
which we should not put this
preposition. Ssuch casesaere when
accompanied by auxiliar, modal
verbs and questions andin
negative responses are.
3. Example Infinitives
TO+V AUXILIARY AND
MODAL
QUESTIONS AND
NEGATIVES
I don´t want to staly at
school.
She can swim. Did he eat the food?
I telephoned my sister to
say sorry.
Jorge will go to Cubiro. Karina din´t watch the
movie.
I expect to hear from my
family.
Liz must do her duties. Be careful not to make
any noise
4. Usually use infinitives to express the
purpose of something. You call that way
infinitives of purpose . Do to determine
thi purpose make the question, for that?
5. Gerunds
How is it
formed? To form gerunds., it is necessary to add
only the suffix or the form ( -ing ) to
main verbs in the sentence. It is very
importante to differentiate a gerund
from a progressive time. While the
gerund is going it alone, the progressive
time always carry the verb ( to+V. -ing)
but the main verb in theform (-ing)
6. Example
I began learning karate three years ago
Carmen prefers listerning to misic at home
Oscar likes eating cold pizzas
7. We often find gerunds functioning
as subjects of a sentence .i.e., what
was once a verb now is one thing
8. So serve me the infinitives and
gernunds?
Very often we say the reason or the reason
why we do some thing.
