GERUNDS AND

INFINITIVES
GERUNDS

FORM
BASE FORM+ ING
GERUNDS

USES
+With some verbs:
She denies taking drugs.
+With some expressions:
It’s no use trying to persuade him.
GERUNDS

AFTER PREPOSITIONS:
+He’s good at singing.
WITH THE VERB GO, TO REFER TO CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES:
+Many old people go dancing at the weekend.
GERUNDS

VERBS and EXPRESSIONS

Admit, avoid, consider, deny, detest, enjoy,
finish, imagine, mind, miss, practise, resist,
suggest, give up, can’t help, can’t stand, look
forward to, to be/get used to, feel like,It’s no use,
There is no point in, It’s not worth,Have difficulty (in)
INFINITIVES

FORM
TO+BASE FORM
INFINITIVES

USES:
+With some verbs:
He wants to be captain of the football team.
+After adjectives:
They arrived too late to see the film.
INFINITIVES

VERBS
Afford, agree, appear, ask, beg, care,
decide, demand, expect, fail, hope, learn,
manage, need, offer, plan, pretend, promise,
refuse, seem, want ,used to, would like
Gerund or infinitive?
 REMEMBER +-ING:Remember what one
has done, or what has happened.
I will always remember meeting you
for the first time.
 REMEMBER +INF: Remember what one
has to do.
Remember to post the letter.
Gerund or infinitive?
 TRY+-ING:Make an experiment,do
something to see what will happen.
I tried sending her flowers but it
didn’t have any effect.

 TRY+INF: Make an effort, attempt to

do something difficult.
Please try to understand.
Gerund or infinitive?
 FORGET+-ING: Forget what one has
done, or what has happened.
I will never forget seeing the Queen.

 FORGET+INF: Forget what one has to

do.
Don’t forget to post the letter.
Gerund or infinitive?
 STOP+-ING: Stop what one is doing or
does.
I must stop biting my nails.

 STOP+INF: Make a pause or break in

order to do something.
Every half hour I stop to smoke.