GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Base form Vs Gerund Vs Infinitive

Base Form: Infinitive without TO
SHARE
Infinitive: always with TO
TO SHARE
Gerund: Base form+ING
SHARING


BASE FORM
After some perception verbs such as HEAR, FEEL or
SEE and the verbs LET and MAKE:


I saw you leave home.
My parents dont let me stay out late

GERUNDS
As a subject of a
sentence:


After prepositions:
Smoking kills.

I thought of calling you, but
it was late.
After having lunch, they go
to school.

GERUNDS
As a Direct Object of
certain verbs:


After certain
expressions:
Continue Miss
Enjoy Prefer
Finish Recommend
Like/dislike Suggest
Love/hate

Cant help Look forward to
Cant stand Spend (time)
Feel like Dont mind
Its no use Would mind
Be/Get used to

INFINITIVES
As a subject of a sentence
(when we talk about a
specific fact)


After some verbs:

To smoke now would be
rude.

Agree Learn
Appear/seem Manage
Choose Plan
Decide Promise
Expect Refuse
Hope Want/wish
INFINITIVES
After certain adjectives
and adverbs:


After Indirect Object of
certain verbs:

Busy
Happy
Ready
Tired
Slowly
Fast
Low
High
Advise Teach
Invite Persuade
Tell Warn

VERBS FOLLOWED BY BOTH
Without change in
meaning:


With change in meaning:

Begin
Propose
Forbid
Intend
Start
Stop
Remeber
Forget
Regret
STOP
STOP + GERUND:
To leave an habit


STOP + INFINITIVE:
To interrupt an action for
doing something else

You should stop smoking, it
will kill you!
Lets stop here to have a
drink!
REMEMBER
REMEMBER + GERUND:
It refers to something done in
the past


REMEMBER + INFINITIVE:
It refers to the future. We use it
when we want to say sth
immportant to somenone.
I dont remeber locking the
door!
You should remember to
call Mr Jones to put off
the meeting.
REGRET
REGRET + GERUND:
To regret something from
the past.


REGRET + INFINITIVE:
To make bad news public.

She regrets breaking up
with him.
I regret to tell you that we
dont have any vacancy
to be filled.
FORGET
FORGET + GERUND:
To express that weve
forgotten something
which was done in the
past.


FORGET + INFINITIVE:
To forget doing something.
I forgot talking to you!
(you talked, but you dont
remember)
I forgot to call you on your
birthday.
(you didnt call, so you
didnt remember)