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: Smoking kills.
After prepositions:
I thought of calling you, but it was late. After having lunch, they go to school.
GERUNDS As a Direct Object of certain verbs: Continue Enjoy Finish Like/dislike Love/hate
Miss Prefer Recommend Suggest
After certain expressions:
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)
To smoke now would be rude.
After some verbs:
Agree Appear/seem Choose Decide Expect Hope
Learn Manage Plan Promise Refuse Want/wish
INFINITIVES After certain adjectives and adverbs: Busy Happy Ready Tired
Slowly Fast Low High
After Indirect Object of certain verbs: Advise Invite Tell
Teach Persuade Warn
VERBS FOLLOWED BY BOTH Without change in meaning: Begin Propose Forbid Intend Start
With change in meaning:
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)