REVIEW 2

Gerunds and Infinitives
1. Gerunds "ING"
  1. After a preposition (Except TO)
    1. Prepositions
      1. about before, for, from, in, on, over, etc
    2. Some exceptions to this rule are
      1. Look forward to, object to, get used to, be used to
  2. As a Noun
    1. Swimming is good for your health
  3. After certain expressions
    1. Have difficulty in, Be goo at, It's no worth, It's/There's no use, There's no point.
  4. After certain verbs
    1. admit, avoid, consider, delau, deny, discuss, dislike, enjoy, finish, go, go on, hate, imagine, involve, keep, like, mention, miss, postpone, practice, prefer, propose, recomend, report, risk, suggest.
  5. Instead of relative Pronoun + main verb
    1. There are new commercials advertising their products.
2. Infinitives
  1. After some adjetives
    1. able, amazed, bound, difficult, disappointed, due, easy, happy, liable, likely, prepared. suprised, unable, unlikely, unwilling, willing.
      1. Estructure
        Subject + be + adjetive + infinitive
        They are unlikely to bon the advert
  2. Show a porpuse
    1. The company is spomsuring extreme sport even to raise their profile
  3. After certain verbs
    1. afford, agree, aim, arrange, attempt, choose, decide, demand, expect, fail, forget, hate, hope, learn, like, manage, need, offer, plan, prepare, promise, refuse, seem, tend, threaten, train, volunteer, want,
      1. They have decided not to run the cimmercial before 10 pm.
  4. After certain: Verbs + objects
    1. advise, allow, ask, cause, enable, expect, help, invite, lead, permit, persuade, remind, teach, tell, train, urge, use, warn
      1. I'll allow you to use you mobile in class.
Relative Clauses
1. Defining relative clauses define or differentiate the person or thing they refer to.
  1. I'm talking about the phone that takes photos.
  2. The following relative pronouns are used to introduce a defining relative clause.
    1. Who, That (for people); Which, That (for things); Whose (possessive)
    2. The relative pronoun can be omitted when it is the object of the clause.
2. Non-defining relative clauses add non-essential information to a sentence.
  1. The phone, which has been on the market for a month, is our latest model.
  2. The relative pronoun can never be omitted and that cannot be used
  3. We usually use commas to separate the non-defining clause from the rest of the sentence.

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