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GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

The text provides an overview of gerunds and infinitives, illustrating their usage through various examples. Gerunds, which are verbs ending in "-ing", are frequently used after specific verbs, phrasal verbs, and expressions like "

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Like, love, hate, prefer

with would
I'd prefer to watch TV at home tonigh
I like running in the morning to improve my health.
I like running.

Remember

I remember playing counter stricke game as a child.
Remember to buy fruit for me I said to my mother

Forget

I'll never forget traveling by plane to Lima in 2015.
Oh no! I forgot to tell her the news.

Try

Try doing the math homework because it is for tomorrow.
infinitive
I tried to forget the bad experience that I had.

Need

gerund
The floor of your house needs cleaning.

BASE FORM (without to)

after verbs make and let
My parents made me work very hard.
It's late, let start please.
after modal verbs
You must do your homework tonigh.
You should wear a suit to the interview.
should, might, would rather, must, etc.

INFINITIVES (with to)

after questions words
I don't know what to do, I'm thinking.
after adjetives
It'll be nice to meet your parents.
with to
I need to practice English if I want to go abroad.
I want to go to Arequipa the next weekend.
want, need, decide, learn,etc.

GERUNDS (-ing)

phrasal verbs
We can keep on discussing about the homework tomorrow.
I'm going to give up playing dota.
keep on, give up, look fordwar to, etc
certains verbs
It started raining at 6:00 am in the morning.
I enjoy reading in bed.
enjoy, finish, start, stop, etc