November 2nd, 2021

Prof. Scarlette Rivera

Agenda

● Classroom vocabulary and interaction agreement

● Review of yesterday's practice
● Infinitive and gerund
 ● Please try to use this
phrases when you have
questions
Classroom
phrases

Obtained from Richards, J. C. (2002). New Interchange 1 Lab Guide: English for
International Communication (Vol. 1). Cambridge University Press.
Class Interaction Agreement
● We will keep the camera on, and the
● Believe in yourself! You
mics off unless requested by the
professor got this!

● All the communications we will have ● Always do your best!

with our classmates and professor
will be respectful and kind ● Help each other
● We won’t laugh at other people’s
● If something is happening
questions or comments. We are all
learning including the professor!!!!! come to the professor first.
Review
Infinitives and Gerunds general information

● Infinitives-> to+ main verb

○ May work as an adjective, noun or an adverb
○ Example:
■ The decision to quit my job was tough (infinitive working as an adjective)

● Gerund -> verb+ing

○ Works as a noun; therefore, we may start sentences with them
○ Example
■ Getting a job is my top priority( the Gerund is working as a noun and as the
subject of the sentence)
○ Take into account that a Gerund in the position of subject is always singular and
takes a singular verb
■ Example
● Speaking three languages is hard
Infinitives

● Infinitives might work as a reduction of in order to which shows a purpose of

doing something
○ Example
■ The official quickly hired a new manager to achieve their goals

● There's no obvious rhyme or reason to account for which verbs must follow
an infinitive you need to memorize which verbs are normally followed by an
infinitive
Infinitives
Verbs followed by infinitive

Afford Deserve Manage Refuse

Agree Expect Mean Seem

Appear Fail Need Volunteer

Arrange Hesitate Offer Wait

Ask Hope Plan Want

Care Intend Prepare Wish

Decide Know(how) Pretend Would like

Demand Learn Promise

Example: I intended to study last night, but I decided to watch TV instead

Gerund

● They often follow the verb go when it is a sport or a leisure activity

● Gerund act as the subject or after certain verbs
● Gerunds often appear after prepositions like for, about, of or on
○ Example
■ Thank you for doing this favor for me
■ They always argue about spending too much money
■ The president is not in favor of traveling to that area now
■ The children kept on talking.
 Verbs and phrases followed by a Gerund
Be accustomed to Discuss Have trouble Practice Example
Get accustomed to Dislike Imagine Put off
We may dread
Admit Dread Insist on Quit visiting the
Advice End up It's not use Recommend dentist’s office,
Appreciate Enjoy It's worth Risk
but we cannot
avoid going
Avoid Feel like Keep Spend time
there .
Can't help Finish Look forward to Suggest

Consider Get through Mention Think about

Delay Go Mind Be used to

Deny Go on Miss Get used

Detest Have difficulty Postpone Waste time.

Individual practice

● Re arrange these sentences

● https://wordwall.net/resource/17940825/gerunds-infinitives
Let’s play together
https://wordwall.net/resource/22134443/infinitives-and-gerundsfriends-will-be-
friends
Group Work
● Re arrange the sentences and ask them to your partner?