GERUNDS and INFINITIVES AS DIRECT OBJECTS

GERUNDS

are -ING verbs but they fuction as nouns. DIRECT OBJECT

I enjoyed playing

I didn't like practicing

After verbs about linking and not linking

He didn't mind waiting

A lot of my friends can't stand doing housework

They don't feel like going out

We discussed going to a concert

I suggested taking the bus

After verbs about THINKING and TAKING

We discussed - Nostros discutimos

Going to a concert - ir a un concierto

I suggested - Yo sugerí

Taking the bus -Tomar el bus

Judy began studying Spanish

I started cleaning my apartment

After verbs about STARTING and STOPPING

Judy began - Judy empezó

Studying Spanish- a estudiar Spanish

I I started - Yo empecé

Cleaning my apartment - a limpiar mi apartamento

I - Subject

enjoyed - Verb

playing - direct object

Mom - Subject

Ate - Verb

cookies - Direct object

A direct object is the thing (NOUN) that is being acted upon by the subject - it receives the action of the verb. Let's look at an example:

INFINITIVES

are verbs forms but they fuction as nouns. DIRECT OBJECT

It's going to rain

My mother needs to set up a new tablet

My mother- Subject

Needs - Verb

to take an umbrella - direct object

A direct object is the thing (NOUN) that is being acted upon by the subject - it receives the action of the verb. Let's look at an example:

Don't forget ask what or whom?

I started what? cleaning my apparment

Don't forget ask what or whom?

It's going what? to rain

I want to pay bills

Use an infinitive after the following verbs and expressions: agree, be sure (asegurate), dislike, don’t mind, enjoy, feel like, practice, quit, suggest.