Transcript Infinitive & Gerunds

Is the predicted verb base form of "to“, we
can use the infinitive for:
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As subject, talking about a concrete fact, for
example: To leave now would be a mistake.
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Behind verbs like, for example: agree,
choose, hope, promise, want…
I want to go to the cinema.
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Behind some adjectives and adverbs, for
example : happy , tired, slowly, fast…
I’m happy to be with you.
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Behind the indirect complement of verbs
like: teach, persuaded, advise.
She teaches me to learn English.
Is a term used to refer to various non-finite
verb forms.
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As subject, for speaking about the facts in
general.
Learning is eassy for some people.
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As direct complement of some verbs. For
example: love, enjoy, hate, miss…
He missis going to the cinema.
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Behind prepositions.
I think about the possibility of going to New
York.
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Behind than some verbal forms. For
example: can’t help, feel like, get used to,
spend…
We spent the morning playing tennis.
Verbs like begin, propose, forbid, intend or
start can go with gerund or infinitive and mean
the same thing.
I started to use/using the computer four years
ago.
Other verbs as stop, remember, regret and
forget aren´t the same when followed by a
gerund or infinitive.
Stop + gerund: means leaving a habit.
I will stop smoking in the new year.
 Stop+infinitive:
means interrupt the
action to start another.
I stopped to smok when you called me.
 Remember+gerund: refers to something
past.
I don’t remember talking to her before.
 Remember+infinitive: Looking to the
future and used to tell someone
something we consider important.
Remember to go to the hospital.
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Regret+gerund: means complain of
something past.
He regrets breaking up with Helen.
 Regret+infinitive: announcing bad news.
I regret to tell you that we can’t accept your
proposal.
 Forget+gerund:used in negative phrases to
indicate the impossibility of forgetting
something that happened in the past.
I will never forget visiting the Eiffel tower in
Paris
 Forget+infinitive: forget to do something.
I forgot to tell you.
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ACTIVITES !!!GERUNDS
Use : watch, listen, fly, eat, swim, read,
learn, shop
 My Parents like…to hip-hop music
 - …Is my favourite sport
 - I spend a lot of time… magazine
 - … salty food makes me thirsty
 - I´m interested in … about animals
 - My Grandparents are afraid of … in an
aeroplane
 - My mum can´t stand …tV
 - I enjoy … for new clothes