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GERUND AND
INFINITIVE
STUDENTS:
Susana Calzada Pérez
Kaimorts Hazel Córdova Palma
Noemi S. Encino Reguero
Sara Gpe. García Castillejos
Erick Manuel Chable Álvarez
Guadalupe Garcia Amezquita
TEACHER:
Lic. Laura Falconi Alejandro
English 8
Degree in Physical Therapy 8° “A”
Wednesday, February 22th, 2017
WHAT IS A GERUND?
A gerund is a verb in its ing (present participle) form that functions as a
noun that names an activity rather than a person or thing. Any action verb
can be made into a gerund.
Always has the same functions as the
subject, despite being a verb
Hunting tigers is dangerous.
Brushing your teeth is important.
Smoking causes lung cancer.
Flying makes me nervous.
GERUND: FORM
GERUND AS SUBJECT
BE CAREFUL!
USES: THE GERUND
 We use the gerund:
USES: THE GERUND
Verbs followed by gerunds
Avoid Miss
Deny Practice
Disike Remember
Enjoy Risk
Finish Stop
Keep Suggest
I suggested going to the cinema
(Propuse ir al cine)
USES: THE GERUND
 In some expressions:
 Feel like
 It´s no use
 Get used to / Be used to
 Can´t stand
 Can´t help
 Don´t mind
I don´t mind cleaning my room
 Gerunds are used after prepositions.
USES: THE GERUND
verb + preposition + V-ing.
o He can’t talk about her without crying.
o Thanks for helping me.
o Let’s thing about moving to Kfar Saba.
o She prefers driving to taking the bus
USES: THE GERUND
A Gerund is used after these propositions
In From
Without By
For After/Before
Of About
On At
Against To
Thanks for helping me.
USES: THE GERUND
 Gerunds with go
WHAT IS THE INFINITIVE?
An infinitive is a verb form that acts as other parts of speech in a sentence.
Jim always forgets to eat
INFINTIVE: FORM
USES: THE INFINITIVE
USES: THE INFINITIVE
 After some verbs, such as:
Want Choose
Wish Decide
Hope Learn
Agree Plan
Appear Promise
Seem Refuse
I want to travel around the country next year
USES: THE INFINITIVE
 To express a purpose
I got up early to do homework.
I have some letters to write.
 The infinitives can also follow certain nouns.
USES: THE INFINITIVE
Nouns + infinitives
o It’s a high price to pay.
o It’s time to take a break.
o He made a decision to take up
extra subjects.
USES: THE INFINITIVE
 After some adjectives and adverbs
 Happy to
 Slowly to
I´m happy to be here
He ran too slowly to win
 Verbs related to perception: HEAR, FEEL, SEE
 MAKE / LET are followed by infinitive without to
USES: THE INFINITIVE
I saw Eric leave the office
Their parents make them clean their room
GERUND AND INFINITIVE
Some verbs (love, hate, start, prefer) can take gerund or infinitive, with
similar meanings:
Examples:
o I love to eat chocolates.
o I love eating chocolates.
o I started to polish the car, but then decided not to.
o I started polishing the car, but then decided not to.
BE CAREFUL!
A few verbs (such as ‘stop’, ‘remember’ and ‘forget’) can be followed by
either the gerund or the infinitive but the meanings are different.
o They stopped having lunch at the restaurant.
(They don’t eat at the restaurant anymore)
o They stopped to have lunch at the restaurant.
(They stopped another activity in order to have lunch at the restaurant)
GERUND AND INFINITIVE
 Verbs with a change of meaning
Remember gerund = It refers to something past
Remember infinitive = It refers to the future
I remember meeting him at a party
I remembered to close the window
GERUND AND INFINITIVE
 Verbs with a change of meaning
Forget gerund = Indicates that we have forgotten that
something happened
Forget infinitive = It means forgetting to do something
I forgot seeing him at a party
I forgot to close the door

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Gerund and infinitive

  • 2. STUDENTS: Susana Calzada Pérez Kaimorts Hazel Córdova Palma Noemi S. Encino Reguero Sara Gpe. García Castillejos Erick Manuel Chable Álvarez Guadalupe Garcia Amezquita TEACHER: Lic. Laura Falconi Alejandro English 8 Degree in Physical Therapy 8° “A” Wednesday, February 22th, 2017
  • 3. WHAT IS A GERUND? A gerund is a verb in its ing (present participle) form that functions as a noun that names an activity rather than a person or thing. Any action verb can be made into a gerund. Always has the same functions as the subject, despite being a verb Hunting tigers is dangerous. Brushing your teeth is important. Smoking causes lung cancer. Flying makes me nervous.
  • 7. USES: THE GERUND  We use the gerund:
  • 8. USES: THE GERUND Verbs followed by gerunds Avoid Miss Deny Practice Disike Remember Enjoy Risk Finish Stop Keep Suggest I suggested going to the cinema (Propuse ir al cine)
  • 9. USES: THE GERUND  In some expressions:  Feel like  It´s no use  Get used to / Be used to  Can´t stand  Can´t help  Don´t mind I don´t mind cleaning my room
  • 10.  Gerunds are used after prepositions. USES: THE GERUND verb + preposition + V-ing. o He can’t talk about her without crying. o Thanks for helping me. o Let’s thing about moving to Kfar Saba. o She prefers driving to taking the bus
  • 11. USES: THE GERUND A Gerund is used after these propositions In From Without By For After/Before Of About On At Against To Thanks for helping me.
  • 12. USES: THE GERUND  Gerunds with go
  • 13. WHAT IS THE INFINITIVE? An infinitive is a verb form that acts as other parts of speech in a sentence. Jim always forgets to eat
  • 16. USES: THE INFINITIVE  After some verbs, such as: Want Choose Wish Decide Hope Learn Agree Plan Appear Promise Seem Refuse I want to travel around the country next year
  • 17. USES: THE INFINITIVE  To express a purpose I got up early to do homework. I have some letters to write.
  • 18.  The infinitives can also follow certain nouns. USES: THE INFINITIVE Nouns + infinitives o It’s a high price to pay. o It’s time to take a break. o He made a decision to take up extra subjects.
  • 19. USES: THE INFINITIVE  After some adjectives and adverbs  Happy to  Slowly to I´m happy to be here He ran too slowly to win
  • 20.  Verbs related to perception: HEAR, FEEL, SEE  MAKE / LET are followed by infinitive without to USES: THE INFINITIVE I saw Eric leave the office Their parents make them clean their room
  • 21. GERUND AND INFINITIVE Some verbs (love, hate, start, prefer) can take gerund or infinitive, with similar meanings: Examples: o I love to eat chocolates. o I love eating chocolates. o I started to polish the car, but then decided not to. o I started polishing the car, but then decided not to.
  • 22. BE CAREFUL! A few verbs (such as ‘stop’, ‘remember’ and ‘forget’) can be followed by either the gerund or the infinitive but the meanings are different. o They stopped having lunch at the restaurant. (They don’t eat at the restaurant anymore) o They stopped to have lunch at the restaurant. (They stopped another activity in order to have lunch at the restaurant)
  • 23. GERUND AND INFINITIVE  Verbs with a change of meaning Remember gerund = It refers to something past Remember infinitive = It refers to the future I remember meeting him at a party I remembered to close the window
  • 24. GERUND AND INFINITIVE  Verbs with a change of meaning Forget gerund = Indicates that we have forgotten that something happened Forget infinitive = It means forgetting to do something I forgot seeing him at a party I forgot to close the door