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Infinitive or ING form
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Sometimes we need to decide whether to use a
verb in its:
-ing form (doing, singing)
or
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infinitive form (to do, to sing).
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For instance, only one of the following sentences
is correct. Which one?
I’ve just decided buying a new car. (?)
I’ve just decided to buy a new car. (?)
When to use the infinitive
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The infinitive form (with “to”) is used after certain verbs:
- forget, help, learn, teach, train
- choose, expect, hope, need, offer, want, would like
- agree, encourage, pretend, promise, recommend
- allow, can/can't afford, decide, manage, mean, refuse
I agreed to go with her.
He decided to leave the party early.
Why are they encouraged to learn English?
We can't afford to take a long holiday.
Can you help me to move this table?/Can you help me move..
For the negative form we use “not” before the infinitive!!:
I agreed not to go with her.
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The infinitive form is always used after
adjectives, for example:
- disappointed, glad, happy, pleased, relieved,
sad, surprised
I was happy to help them.
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This includes too + adjective:
The water was too cold to swim in.
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The infinitive form is used after adjective +
enough:
She is rich enough to buy two.
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The infinitive form is always used when
followed by an object, for example:
- advise, allow, ask, encourage, expect, forbid,
force, persuade, want, warn
She wanted me to help.
I asked them to come in.
X I want that you stay here
BUT: She suggested that I should ask your advice
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After it is/was + adjective + of
+sustantivo/pronombre :
It was very kind of you to visit us.
Make and Let:
Verb + object + infinitive (without to):
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I made him promise that he wouldn’t tell
anybody
Hot weather makes me feel tired
When to use -ing
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The -ing form is used when the word is the
subject of a sentence or clause:
Swimming is good exercise.
Doctors say that smoking is bad for you.
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The -ing form is used after a preposition:
I look forward to meeting you.
They left without saying "Goodbye."
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The -ing form is used after certain verbs:
- avoid, dislike, enjoy, finish, give up, mind/not
mind, practise, deny, postpone, fancy, admit,
miss, involve, imagine
I dislike getting up early.
Would you mind opening the window?
! For the negative form we use “not” before the gerund:
Would you mind not opening the window? It’s cold outside.
Gerund and infinitive
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Some verbs can be followed by the -ing
form or the infinitive without a big change
in meaning: begin, continue, hate, intend,
like, love, prefer, propose, bother start.
It started to rain / It started raining.
I like to play tennis / I like playing tennis.
 But normally we do not use –ing after –ing:
It’s starting to rain (not It’s starting raining)
With a difference of meaning
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Remember, regret, go on, try, need, help,
can’t help, like/love/hate
Remember –ing
Remember to + infinitive
•I remember doing something
= I did it and now I remember
this.
•I remembered to do sth = I
remembered that I had to do
it, so I did it.
•You remember doing
something after you have
done it.
•You remember to do
something before you do it.
I remembered to lock the door,
I know I locked the door. I
but I forgot to shut the
clearly remember locking it (I
windows (I remembered that I
locked it, and now I remember had to lock it, so I locked it)
this)
Regret –ing
Regret to + infinitive
•I regret doing something = I
did it and now I am sorry
about it
•I regret to say/to tell you/to
inform you = I’m sorry that I
have to say...
I now regret saying what I
sadi. I shouldn’t have said it
We regret to inform you that
we cannot offer you the job
Go on –ing
Go on to + infinitive
•Go on doing something =
continue with the same thing
•Go on to do something = do
or say something new
We need to change. We can’t
go on living like this
After discussing the economy,
the president then went on to
talk about foreign policy
Try –ing
Try + infinitive
• Do something as an
experiment or a test
•Try to do =attempt to do,
make an effort to do
Is it not working? Try pressing
the on and off button
I didn’t like the way the
furniture was arranged, so I
tried moving the table to the
other side of the room, it
looked better!
I was very tired. I tried to keep
my eyes open, but I couldn’t
I tried to move the table, but
it was too heavy (so I couldn’t
do it)
Need –ing
Need + infinitive
• Something needs doing = it
needs to be done
•I need to do something = It is
necessary for me to do it
This room looks awful, it
needs painting
I need to work harder If I
want the promotion
Can’t help –ing
Help + infinitive
• I can’t help doing something
= I can’t stop myself doing it
•Help to do or help do
I don’t like him, but he has a
lot of problems. I can’t help
feeling sorry for him.
Everybody helped to clean
up after the party
Everybody helped clean up..
Repeated actions, you can use –ing or to:
Do you like getting up early? Or Do you like to get up early?
But:
Like/love/hate –ing
• when we talked about a
situation that already exists or
existed:
Paul lives in Barcelona now.
He there.
likes living
The office I worked in was
horrible. I hated working
there.
Mind and enjoy always
followed by – ing:
X I enjoy to clean the house
X I don’t mind to clean the
house