Gerunds (ING)

The gerund is what will allow us to build other a little more complicated tenses, these tenses are what they call continuous.

Uses

After some verbs

Deny, avoid, can’t help, like, dislike, enjoy, mind, keep on, suggest, finish etc.He finished doing his homework.

After a proposition

I’m interested in learning English. // I’m fond of playing tennis.

When the verb is the subject of the sentencel

I’m interested in learning English. // I’m fond of playing tennis.Important. The negative form of the gerund is: “not+gerundio”: I enjoy not doing anything on holiday.

Examples

I'm worried about starting on Monday.

When are they going to finish cleaning the house?

I’m tired of working on the weekends.

She enjoys painting.

Can you imagine living there?

Infinitives (TO)

The infinitive expresses the meaning of the verb in a general way, without reference to any time.In addition to simple infinitive, as 'to speak', there are also progressive infinitive ('to be speaking'), perfect ('to Have Spoken') and liabilities ('to be spoken')

Uses

After some verbs:

would like, agree, decide, choose, plan, refuse, hope, want, manage.

After adjectives:

I’m happy to see you again

To express an objective or why we are doing an action:

I’m here to study English. // I have come to help you

Examples

He would like to work closer to home.

She would love to have a dog.

You promised to pick up the kids.

I hope to meet him some day.

How did you manage to do that?