Gerunds and infinitives (1)

Neti Habakuk
Margit Mölder
Forming: infinitive+ ing (I+ing)
USING:
1) In some fixed expressions (As well as I+ing..,
It is no good I+ing.., It is no use I+ing..,
can not bear I+ing.., can not help I+ing..,
worth I+ing..)
2) After prepositions (before I+ing.., of I+ing.., for
I+ing.., by I+ing.., at I+ing..)
3) After verbs (enjoy, admit, consider, can`t stand/
help/ bear, deny, avoid, mind, suggest,
understand)
4) With from and to with some verbs (He prevented
her from leaving. Look forward to I+ing.., Get used to
I+ing..)
Forming: to+ verb I (to+v)
USING:
1) After some adjectives (happy to+v.., wrong
to+v..)
2) To express purpose (She went to Spain to
meet her friend.)
3) After some nouns ( decision to+v..,
time to+v.., wish to+v..)
4) After some main verbs ( appear, agree, ask,
begin, choose, decide, expect, happen, help,
hope, learn, like, love, mean, offer, prepare,
promise, refuse, remember, start, try, want..)
USING
1) After some main verbs (let,make, hear, see,
watch, feel, notice, help...)
In passive sentences make, hear, help are
followed by an infinitive with to!
Let > allowed in passive sentence
My parents let me stay out late.
I am allowed to stay out late by my parents.
2) After modal verbs (can, could, may, must, shall,
should, will, would)
3) After would rather/had better (You'd better come
in now.)
1) Can't bear/stand, like, hate, love, prefere
Used with infinitive ­ more specifical situation
with gerund ­ more general situation
2) Remember, forget
+ ing ­ an action that happened before the
moment of remembering/forgetting
+ infinitive ­ an action after the moment of
remembering/forgetting
3) Regret
+ ing ­ means be sorry about the action in the
past
+ infinitive ­ means be sorry about the present
action
4) Stop
+ ing ­ to stop something you do
+ infinitive with to ­ means stop in order to do
something
5) Try
+ ing ­ means do an experiment (may not be
successful)
+ infinitive ­ means make an effort (may be
difficult to do)
1) He agreed _____ (buy) a new car.
2) The man asked me how _____ (get) to the airport.
3) I learned ____ (ride) the bike at the age of 5.
4) Avoid ____ (make) silly mistakes.
5) Do you know what ____ (do) if there's a fire in the shop?
6) I dream about _____ (build) a big house.
7) Bill agreed ____ (meet) us at the restaurant at 8:30, but he
never showed up.
8) Dana hopes _____ (save) enough money to travel around
Europe for three months. It's her dream.
9) She waited _____ (see) what would happen next.
10) You seem _____ (be) a little distracted. Is everything
alright?