What are bare infinitives?

Bare infinitives are the verbs in the 1st column in the verb table, for examples, go, run,
walk, come, draw, write … etc.

What are to-infinitives?

To-infinitives are bare infinitives with “to” in front of it, for examples, to go, to run,
to walk, to come, to draw, to write … etc.

What are gerunds?

Gerunds are also called verbal nouns and they are used as nouns. You can find them in
the 2nd column in the verb table. You can make a gerund by putting “ing” after a bare
infinitive. For examples, the gerund for “draw” is “drawing”; the gerund for “run” is
“running”. Going, walking, coming, and writing are other examples

Verbs followed by either bare infinitives or to-infinitives

Verbs followed by bare infinitives Verbs followed by to-infinitives
1. After all auxiliary verbs: need, want, agree, learn, try, remember,
can, could, may, might, should, must, decide, promise, plan, expect, pretend
will, would …, etc. …, etc
2. After all sensual verbs:
hear, see, watch, feel, notice
3. and after these words:
make, let, help…, etc

Verbs followed by gerunds:

stop, like, love, keep, mind, finish, give up, look forward to

You can find more notes on “bare infinitives”, “to-infinitives” and “gerund” in “Big
Grammar – Book 6” Unit 3 and Unit 4