Asignatura Datos del estudiante Fecha

Apellidos: ATENCIA MUÑOZ

INGLES X 12/07/2022
Nombre: JESUS DAVID

Actividad
Protocolo individual de la unidad n°: 03

Análisis y síntesis: 
Síntesis e interpretación personal de los temas vistos en la unidad

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

A gerund is a verb form that ends in “-ing” and is used as a noun (walking, traveling,

voting); an infinitive is the base form of a verb preceded by “to” (to walk, to travel, to

vote). Gerunds and infinitives can function as the subject of a sentence or the object of a

verb. Words derived from verbs are known as verbals and may take modifiers, objects,

and complements to form verbal phrases A gerund phrase uses the “-ing” form of the

verb to function as a noun; an infinitive phrase is formed using the infinitive and can

function as a noun, adverb, or adjective.

It can be a little difficult to know when to use gerunds and infinitives.

(See all the gerund and infinitive exercises here)

Here's my video on the subject:

 We use gerunds (verb + ing):

 After certain verbs - I enjoy singing

 After prepositions - I drank a cup of coffee before leaving

As the subject or object of a sentence - Swimming is good exercise

We use 'to' + infinitive:

Asignatura Datos del estudiante Fecha
Apellidos: ATENCIA MUÑOZ
INGLES X 12/07/2022
Nombre: JESUS DAVID

 After certain verbs - We decided to leave

 After many adjectives - It's difficult to get up early

- I came to London to study English

We use the bare infinitive (the infinitive without 'to'):

 After modal verbs - I can meet you at six o'clock

 After 'let', 'make' and (sometimes) 'help' - The teacher let us leave early

 After some verbs of perception (see, watch, hear, notice, feel, sense) - I watched

her walk away

 After expressions with 'why' - why go out the night before an exam?

Discusión: 
Dudas, desacuerdos, discusiones

When functioning as the subject of a sentence, gerunds and infinitives always use a singular

verb form, for example: “Walking is good exercise.” In this sentence, the “-ing” verb form

(“Walking”) is the simple subject and the verb “is” links the subject to the subject complement

“good exercise,” which refers to and describes the subject.