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    The document discusses different uses of the infinitive ("to" form) and -ing form of verbs in English. It provides examples showing that the infinitive and -ing form can sometimes be used interchangeably without changing meaning, but in other cases their use results in a change of meaning. It also outlines several grammatical structures that typically take the infinitive form rather than the -ing form.

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    -ING or TO Infinitve

    Infinitive or -ing: NO CHANGE OF MEANING

    I love doing the dishes. = I love to do the dishes.


    He started singing beautifully. = He started to sing beautifully.

    Infinitive or -ing: CHANGE OF MEANING


    +infinitive = vergessen etwas zu tun +ing = vergessen, was man getan hat
    forget
    I forgot to buy some milk. I’ll never forget seeing you for the first time.
    +ing = sich erinnern etwas getan zu haben
    +infinitve = daran denken etwas zu tun
    remember I still remember seeing you for
    You must remember to buy some milk.
    the first time.
    +infinitive = anhalten um etwas zu tun +ing = aufhören etwas zu tun.
    stop He stopped talking to her.
    He stopped to talk to her.

    TO-INFINITVE
    - after modal verbs (can, should, must…)
    WITHOUT “TO” - after had better / would rather
    - make somebody DO something

    QUESTION WORDS - I didn’t know what to do or where to go.

    agree fail refuse arrange seem can afford hope try


    CERTAIN VERBS can’t wait intend choose learn want decide manage
    wish offer need plan refuse demand…

    CERTAIN VERBS + advise forbid teach allow force tell ask persuade
    OBJECT help want cause invite warn (not) enable remind
    to … somebody to do sth. expect encourage…

    - I would like to talk to your parents.


    WOULD like /love /prefer
    - I would love to have a cold drink now.

    To express that something happened regularly in the past but no


    USED TO longer happens. ( FRÜHER)
    I used to dance every Saturday. Now I play tennis instead.

    iSLCollective.com
    -ING FORM
    as ADJECTIVE - This is a really boring exercise.
    or NOUN - Climbing is my favourite sport.
    or PARTICIPLE CLAUSE - The dog barking all night belongs to my neighbour.

    - Lock the door before going out!


    AFTER PREPOSITIONS! - In spite of trying harder, he gave up.
    - What about going to the cinema?

    enjoy (not) mind suggest consider admit avoid delay


    CERTAIN VERBS can’t help deny dislike fancy finish imagine mention
    miss practise …

    agree with apologize for approve of believe in complain


    CERTAIN VERBS +
    about count on depend on feel like insist on give up
    PREPOSITIONS
    go on pay for keep on prevent from succeed in think of
    worry about …

    advantage of chance of
    choice between danger of
    NOUNS + hope of idea of
    PREPOSITIONS interest in opportunity of
    reason for way of
    …
    afraid of happy about angry about
    aware of interested in keen on
    bad at nervous about capable of
    ADJECTIVE + crazy about pleased about different from
    PREPOSITIONS proud of responsible for excited about
    successful in famous for tired of
    fond of good at worried about
    …
    To express that something is normal or is about to become
    normal for you. ( GEWÖHNT SEIN; SICH GEWÖHNEN AN)
    BE/GET USED TO I’m used to getting up early.
    You will get used to driving on the left side.
    “TO” ist also hier die Präposition!!

    EXACTLY!!
    So whenever I see
    a preposition
    before a gap
    (_______) I just fill
    in the -ing Form???

    iSLCollective.com

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