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INFINITIVES

GERUNDS

Gerunds are often used when actions are real or completed activities or experiences.

Gerunds are used after verbs that express likes/ dislikes. Such as: (Like, love, enjoy, dislike and hate)

Gerunds are used after verbs such as:

(Admit, advise, allow, anticipate, avoid, appreciate, complete, consider, delay, deny, fancy, finish, go, imagine, involve, keep, mention, mind, miss, permit, postpone, practice, reject, resist, risk, suggest, waste).

We often Infinitives when actions are unreal, general, or future. Or using an infinitive suggests that you are talking about potential or possible activities or experiences.

Often we use the infinitive for actions that follow the action of the main verb

Use infinitives that generally refer to a future event.

(Afford, agree, aim, arrange, attempt, choose, consent, decide, deserve, expect, demand, fail, happen, help, hope, intend, Manage, need, offer, plan, pretend, process, promise, refuse, seem, swear, threaten, want, would love, would like etc).

Use gerunds after preposition in a sentence.

(Aim at, keep on, interested, in, good at, instead of, after)

Use gerunds after some expressions such as:

(It’s not use…it’s not good… He can’t help… I don’t mind)

Use infinitive after adjectives.

(Be determined, be disappointed, be glad, be happy, be pleased..)

Note: Some certain verbs can come after gerund or infinitive.

(Begin, Dread, Forget, keep, need, regret, remember, Start, Stop and try)