GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

BASE FORM VS GERUND VS INFINITIVE

Base Form: Infinitive without TO
SHARE
Infinitive: always with TO
TO SHARE
Gerund: Base form+ING
SHARING
 BASE FORM
After some perception verbs such as HEAR, FEEL or SEE
and the verbs LET and MAKE:

I saw you leave home.

My parents don’t let me stay out late
 GERUNDS
As a subject of a After prepositions:
sentence:

I thought of calling you, but

Smoking kills.
it was late.
After having lunch, they go
to school.
 GERUNDS
As a Direct Object of After certain expressions:
certain verbs:

Can’t helpLook forward to

Continue Miss
Can’t stand Spend (time)
Enjoy Prefer
Feel like Don’t mind
Finish Recommend
It’s no use Would mind
Like/dislike Suggest
Be/Get used to
Love/hate
 INFINITIVES
As a subject of a sentence After some verbs:
(when we talk about a
specific fact)

Agree Learn
To smoke now would be
rude. Appear/seem Manage
Choose Plan
Decide Promise
Expect Refuse
Hope Want/wish
INFINITIVES
After certain adjectives After Indirect Object of
and adverbs: certain verbs:

Busy Slowly Advise Teach

Happy Fast Invite Persuade
Ready Low Tell Warn
Tired High
 VERBS FOLLOWED BY BOTH
Without change in With change in meaning:
meaning:

Stop
Begin
Remeber
Propose
Forget
Forbid
Regret
Intend
Start
STOP

STOP + GERUND: STOP + INFINITIVE:

To leave an habit To interrupt an action for
doing something else
You should stop smoking, it Let’s stop here to have a
will kill you! drink!
REMEMBER

REMEMBER + GERUND: REMEMBER + INFINITIVE:

It refers to something done in the It refers to the future. We use it
past when we want to say sth
immportant to somenone.

I don’t remeber locking the You should remember to

door! call Mr Jones to put off
the meeting.
REGRET

REGRET + GERUND: REGRET + INFINITIVE:

To regret something from the past. To make bad news public.

She regrets breaking up I regret to tell you that we

with him. don’t have any vacancy
to be filled.
FORGET

FORGET + GERUND: FORGET + INFINITIVE:

To express that we’ve forgotten To forget doing something.
something which was done in the past.

I forgot talking to you! I forgot to call you on your

(you talked, but you don’t birthday.
remember) (you didn’t call, so you
didn’t remember)