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    Gerunds and Infinitives: Part 1: Gerunds Teacher: Itally Andrade

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    This document provides information about gerunds and infinitives in English. It discusses the form and uses of gerunds, including how they are used as subjects or objects, after prepositions, and with certain verbs like "enjoy" and "remember". It also discusses the form of infinitives and their uses after modal verbs, specific verbs like "want" and "decide", in expressions like "it is easy to", and with constructions like "too...to" and "enough...to". The document is divided into two main parts, one focusing on gerunds and one on infinitives.

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    This document provides information about gerunds and infinitives in English. It discusses the form and uses of gerunds, including how they are used as subjects or objects, after prepositions, and with certain verbs like "enjoy" and "remember". It also discusses the form of infinitives and their uses after modal verbs, specific verbs like "want" and "decide", in expressions like "it is easy to", and with constructions like "too...to" and "enough...to". The document is divided into two main parts, one focusing on gerunds and one on infinitives.

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    Infinitive and Gerund

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    This document provides information about gerunds and infinitives in English. It discusses the form and uses of gerunds, including how they are used as subjects or objects, after prepositions, and with certain verbs like "enjoy" and "remember". It also discusses the form of infinitives and their uses after modal verbs, specific verbs like "want" and "decide", in expressions like "it is easy to", and with constructions like "too...to" and "enough...to". The document is divided into two main parts, one focusing on gerunds and one on infinitives.

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    GERUNDS AND

    INFINITIVES

    PART 1: GERUNDS
    Teacher: Itally Andrade
    GERUNDS-FORM

    playing studying

    giving

    swimming collecting
    GERUNDS-USE
    1. As the subject or object of a sentence

    • Collecting flowers is my hobby.

    • I like collecting flowers.


    2. After prepositions
    • They are interested in studying
    archaeology.
    • They dream of becoming
    archaeologists.
    • They are crazy about discovering
    ancient cities.
    • They are tired of digging in the
    sand.
    Other expressions: good at/ bad
    at/ keen on/ bored with/ fed up
    with/ afraid of
    3. After specific verbs such as:

    like
    hate start
    dislike stop
    can’t stand continue
    mind remember
    Begin
    look forward to forget
    finish
    enjoy avoid
    quit
    prefer can’t help
    give up
    fancy
    practise
    feel like
    Examples
    • I enjoy watching football on T.V.

    • I hate travelling by coach.

    • She started playing the guitar two


    years ago.
    Examples
    • He is trying to quit smoking.

    • Do you remember building


    sandcastles when we were kids?
    4. Go + ing

    • We’re going shopping


    tomorrow.

    Other:
    go shopping
    go swimming
    go fishing
    go skiing • I go swimming twice a week.
    etc.
    5. be/get used to + ing

    • I’m used to getting up early in the morning.


    GERUNDS AND
    INFINITIVES

    PART 2: INFINITIVES
    FORM
    see to go

    to play
    speak

    hear to work
    FORM

    • Bare infinitive: • Full infinitive:


    see, hear, speak to play, to work, to go
    FULL INFINITIVE - USE
    1. After specific verbs such as:

    want decide manage


    agree choose achieve
    accept plan promise
    refuse learn ask
    reject hope offer
    invite
    Examples
    • When I grow up, I want to become
    a musician.

    • He offered me a cold beer


    but I refused to drink it.

    • He invited me to go for dinner but I


    didn’t have the time.
    Examples
    • It was raining heavily, so he
    offered to drive me home.

    • When they finish high school,


    they plan to go to university.

    • After walking for many hours, they


    managed to get to the top of the
    mountain.
    2. In the structure: It is + adj.+ full. inf.

    It’s nice to
    It is hard to
    It is difficult to
    It is easy to
    • It’s nice to see you again. It was etc.
    hard to say goodbye after the
    holidays.
    3. In the structure: I am + adj. + full.inf.

    I am sorry to
    I am surprised to
    I am pleased to
    I am glad to
    I am happy to
    I am amazed to
    I am delighted to
    Examples
    • We were surprised to have an
    unexpected guest in our
    house.

    Oops! I’m sorry


    to hurt you!
    4. too…to/ (not) enough…to

    • This coffee is too hot to drink!

    • She is too tired to keep


    working.
    • She hasn’t got enough time
    to finish the test.

    • He has got enough money to


    buy a new car.

    • He isn’t strong enough to lift


    that weight.
    BARE INFINITIVE - USE
    1. After the modal verbs: can, must, should etc.

    • He can speak Spanish.

    • You mustn’t smoke in


    a hospital.
    2. After the verbs LET and MAKE

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