Hello dear guys!
Welcome to my blog again馃槄 today we will learn about THE GERUNDS AND INFINITIVE馃榿, as you know is a recent topic that we have seen in class and for that reason I will take the most important thing about it馃槉
And OK friends, as you know we use gerunds (VERB + ING):
After certain verbs
After prepositions and
As a subject or object in a sentence馃槈
We use (TO + ING):
After certain verbs
After many adjectives
To show purpose
And we use the bare infinitive (the infinitive without TO):
After modal verbs
After LET, MAKE and HELP (sometimes)
After some verbs of perception
After expression with WHY
And that is all, I will search with you some websites where you can find the main ideas about that topic and some examples that will help you馃挋
Honestly those website have helped a lot in special with the 'bare infinitive' because I have never listened about that, but know I have a clear idea in what consist, also I share a website where you can practice more and also I found an excellent video that explain very clear the theme and I hope that those links will help you a lot like me馃槃
GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES (Includes a video too馃榿)
馃挅Thanks you for reading me馃挅
See you then!
Hello Andy!!
ResponderEliminarYour information is really nice, I like the way that you explain the topic, the resources that you sharing are interestings and really important, The your post helped me to reinforce my knnowledge about Gerunds and Infinitives.
Sometimes is difficult to understand when we have to used, but now I have a better idea about the topic.
My doubt is: A gerund or gerund phrase is often the object of a preposition?
Thanks ANDY!
ResponderEliminarHello Andy, thank you for sharing such interesting information about Gerunds and Infinitives.
From all that you have presented to us I learned that the Gerund is when the form of the verb ending in the letters "ing" and is used mostly when using verbs that express the beginning and end of an activity, while on the other hand the Infinitive we can use it after verbs such as would like, agree, decide, choose, plan, refuse, hope, want, manage etc.
Hi, Andrea. I liked your post because it was concise about you wanted to explain. What I didn't know was that some infinitives are used after some verbs of perception while some gerunds are used to show purpose; and for me this was like a significant difference between both of them. I liked the web pages you recommended to read, comprehend and Practice more about using this two verb forms. The question that I have is: "are there some ambiguous situations where you can use both infinitive or gerund verbs forms? Thanks for your post.馃槂
ResponderEliminarHello Andy! What a nice blog. I like it a lot. The information you posted is very useful for us because gerunds and infinitives are an important part of english language. I just have a doubt. Is there any difference if I use a gerund or infinitive as a subject?
ResponderEliminarHello Andrea!
ResponderEliminarI like the way that you explain and the material that you share with us is really creative, your material has helped me for example I didn`t know the the bare infinitive without "to" but now I learned is after modal verbs.
I dont`t have clear when is possible to use both gerund and infitive?
Thanks for your materail and explanation!