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GERUNDS & INFINITIVES

CHANGE IN MEANING
SUMMIT UNIT 1

Before starting
Whats a
GERUND?
-ING form of a verb

NOUN

PRESENT PARTICIPLES
a) Part of a continuous
form
-)
-)

He is painting
We were running

b) After V of movement
-)
-)

She salt looking at the sea


They went talking about their ss

c) After V of perception
-)
-)

I saw him swimming


He felt the floor shaking

d) As adjectives
-)

Its amazing / worrying /


exciting / boring

GERUNDS
a) Subject of a sentence
(S = Ger)
-)
-)

Working as a teacher is hard


Playing soccer is my favourite
activity

b) Following a
preposition (prep + Ger)
-)
-)

She thought about calling him


Im interested in playing soccer

c) Object of a sentence
(V + Ger)
G / INF according to the V

d) In compound nouns
-)
-)
-)

A swimming pool
A driving lesson
Bird - washing

An Inf is also
posible but its
very formal and
not common

Before starting
Whats a
GERUND?
-ING form of a verb

NOUN

GERUNDS

Whats an
INFINITIVE?
TO verb

INFINITIVES

a) Subject of a sentence a) Following an


(S = Ger)
adjective (adj + Inf)
-)
-)

Working as a teacher is hard


Playing soccer is my favourite
activity

b) Following a
preposition (prep + Ger)
-)
-)

She thought about calling him


Im interested in playing
soccer

c) Object of a sentence
(V + Ger)
G / INF according to the V

d) In compound nouns
-)
-)
-)

A swimming pool
A driving lesson
Bird - washing

-)
-)

Its nice to see you here


He thinks it was better to do
that

b)Following a N / ProN (N
+ Inf)
-)
-)

She told me to wake up


The doctor recommended me
to eat helthful food

c) Object of a sentence
(V + Inf)
G / INF according to the V

Its possible to
use a Ger too,
but anf Inf is
more common
If the V
needs and
O which is a
N / ProN

GRAMMAR
Love
Hate
Cant
stand
Like
Prefer
Begin
Start
Continue

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES: changes in meaning

Carlos loves to eat


pizza
OR
Carlos loves eating
pizza

NO
CHANG
E

INFINITIVE
S

Last year, Carlos


planned to get
married

VERBS

INF.
STOP

FORGET
and
REMEMBE
R

Carlos and Majo are


keeping planning
their wedding

Not
anymore

INF.

To do sth.

GER
.

Sth. in the
past

REGRET
GER
.

OBJECTS &
INFINITIVES
She advised me to
listen to classical
music

GER
.

INF.

GERUNDS

Pause

INF.
TRY
GER

Informative
/ formal
Sth. in the
past
To do ones
best
Experiment

GRAMMAR
Love
Hate
Cant
stand
Like
Prefer
Begin
Start
Continue

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES: changes in meaning

Carlos loves to eat


pizza
OR
Carlos loves eating
pizza

NO
CHANG
E

INFINITIVE
S

Last year, Carlos


planned to get
married

VERBS

Carlos stopped his journey to


watch the sunset.

STOP

FORGET
and
REMEMBE
R

GERUNDS
Carlos and Majo are
keeping planning
their wedding

REGRET

Carlos always forgets to do


his homework, but
remembers to study
Carlos forgot playing the
guitar that night but he told
me the remembered kissing
you.
I regret to inform you that
our offices are not going to
work tomorrow
I regret buying my
motorbike here|

OBJECTS &
INFINITIVES
She advised me to
listen to classical
music

Carlos stopped smoking two


years ago

Carlos tried to become a


member of the soccer team

TRY

Carlos tried cooking pizza,


but it was a disaster

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