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Gerund, Infinitive and base form
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- 1Use the infinitive after certain verbs and expressions. e.g. agree, appear, be able, can´t afford, can't wait, decide, expect, happen, learn, manage, offer,plan, pretend,promise, refuse, seem, teach, tend, threaten, want, would likeExamples
1. You agreed to help me.
2. He doesn't care to participate in the activity.
3. They expect to arrive early. - 2Use the base form after modal verbs and similar expressions, e.g. can, could, may, might, must, should, have to, ought to, had better, sould rather, and after verbs make and letExamples
1. I can help you with that next week
2. They would rather play tennis on Sundays than on Saturdays.
3. It might rain tonight. - 3Verbs that can be followed by either gerund or infinitive with a change of meaning.Examples
1. Remember to lock the door. I remember going Venice as a child.
2. Sorry, I forgot to do it. I´ll never forget seeing the Taj Mahal.
I tried to open the window. Try calling Miriam on her mobile.
You need to clean the car. The car needs cleaning. - 4Some verbs can be followed by the gerund or infinitive (with to) with no change of meaning, e.g. begin, start, continue. like, love, hate and prefer can also be used with either, but the gerund is more common when you are talking generally, and the infinitive when you talk about specific occasion.Examples
I like skiing (in general), I like to ski in February or March (specific). - 5Try+infininitive=make an effort to do somethingI wanted to clear the smoke from the room, so I tried opening the door
- 6Try+gerund = experiment to see if something works.Example
She tried eating the snake soup, but she didn't like it. - 7Need+gerund is a passive construction.Example
The car needs cleaning = The car needs to be cleaned
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- English Flashcards on Gerund, Infinitive and base form, created by Mercedes Munoz on 04/09/2016.
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