THE GERUND: A Gerund is a VERBAL NOUN; that is a Word

that sometimes does the function of a verb and sometimes of a

Noun.

USES OF THE GERUND

1: As a PRESENT PARTICIPLE of a Verb

Continuous form or introductory action to a sentence

E.G.: “I am playing football”

E.G.: “Playing football is very entertaining”

2: As A NOUN

E.G.: “The Reading”

3: As an Adjective

E.G.: “Interesting, Boring, Satisfying”

4: After STATE VERBS (Verbs that express permanent conditions)

E.G.: “I like playing football”

5: After prepositions

E.G.: “to seeing, in living”

6: After Past Participles + Prep.

E.G.: “Tired of studying”

7: After nouns and pronouns + Prep.

E.G.: “...me in doing” “...them in working” “...cars for driving”

THE TO INFINITIVE: A “To Infinitive is the base
form of a Verb”
USES:
1: To express purpose (purpose verbs) or emphasis

E.G.: “I hope to pass my exams”

2: After some modal verbs

To be able to.../To Need to.../To Have to...

3: After “Would Like”

I would like to...

THE BARE INFINITIVE (Infinitive without “To”)

We use the bare infinitive after some modal verbs and

conditional structures

Must/Can/Could/May/Might/Should/Will/Would

E.G.: “I must study hard”

E.G.: “They would arrive late every day”

E.G.: “I can speak two languages”