-ING INFINITIVES

 As the subject of a sentence:  After adjectives:

1 watching TV all day long is not healthy.
2 Swiming is my hobby.
3 Doing homework helps me to improve my English.
 After prepositions:
1 I’m looking forward to organazing a nice birthday party soon.
2 Mike is thinking of making a new friend.
3 Are you excited about cooking? Yes,I’m
 After certain verbs:
enjoy, feel like, finish, hate, keep, like, love, (don’t) mind, miss, prefer,
recommend, spend time, suggest.
1 Children enjoy Playing
2 Boys prefer watching tv than reading a book
3 I feel like playing rugby
 Put “not” before –ing to make a negative
1 I love not doing homework
2 I recommend not spending much money on junk food.
3 Teachers suggest not cheating during the exams.
1 It’s easy to search information online in a second.
2 It’s important to do exercise to be fit.
3 It’s cheap to to buy food in a street market.
 After certain verbs:
afford, agree, decide, expect, forget, help, hope, learn, need, offer, plan,
promise, refuse, want.
1 My parents and I agreed to go out on the weekend.
2 I’ve planned to save some money to go on holiday next year.
3 My sister has decided to buy a new car.
 Give a reason:
1 I practice English at home to learn
2 The girl phoned me to have a date
3 Our friend went to eat some tacos
 Put “not” before the infinitive to make a negative
1 My dad promised not to arrive late today.
2 We decided not to take classes.
3 Rose agreed not to send chain texts.

 Note: We can use –ing or infinitive without any change in meaning.

begin, continue, start, prefer, like, love. 1 It started to run-rain / It started running-raining
 With some verbs we use an object before the infinitive.
ask, tell, want, would like, expect Object: me, you, him, her, us, them, it
I YOU HE SHE WE THEY IT (personal pronoun)
1 The teacher asked me/us to participate in class. 2 They expect you to play soccer.
Note: We use for + -ing to explain the function of things, but we use infinitive with “to” to explain the purpose of actions.

This button is for turning up the volume. (Function)

You press this button to turn up the volume. (Purpose)