Revision – the use of the gerund

ALWAYS after these expressions:

To avoid, to enjoy, to finish, to imagine, to like, to
suggest
I SUGGEST LEARNING HARD BEFORE YOUR TEST.
To feel like, to looking forward to, to complain about,
to think of (prepositional verbs)
HE COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING TO STUDY SO HARD.
INSTEAD HE THOUGHT OF GOING ON HOLIDAYS
To be keen on (verb + adjective + preposition)

As a subject or an object in a sentence

GOING FISHING IS A HOBBY OF HIM.

Infinitive after these verbs / expressions

To expect, to decide, to want, to wish (if you want to
express a future action)
I DECIDED TO MAKE MY TEST EXTRA HARD.
After it is / it was + adjective + for + pronoun
IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO FOLLOW MY LESSONS.

Both possible without changing the meaning

To start HE STARTED READING / TO READ A BOOK
To like HE LIKES TO SIT / SITTING IN THE SUN.
To prefer HE PREFERS TO STUDY / STUDYING ALONE.

With change of meaning

To stop
HE STOPPED TO SMOKE HE STOPPED SMOKING
To go on
HE WENT ON GOING… HE WENT ON TO GO

To forget/remember to + infinitive
 Don’t forget to buy oranges. (future event)

forget / remember doing

 He forgot buying the oranges. (past event, er
hat vergessen, wie er die Orangen gekauft hat)
To mean to mean doing
SNOW MEANS GETTING UP EARLY. (logische Folge)
I MEAN TO GO TO VIETNAM FOR HOLIDAYS. (Absicht)

To try to try doing

HE TRIED TO SLEEP. TRY KLICKING HERE.
(Ziel) (Methode)