VII SEMESTRE

GERUNDS (VERBS + ING) / INFINITIVE ( VERBS + TO + INFINITIVE)

GERUND
What is a Gerund? It’s a verb plus (+) ING
VERB + ING = GERUND
Trabajar Work ing working
Estudiar Study ing studying
Preparar make ing making

INFINITIVE
What is an infinitive? It’s a word TO plus (+) a verb.
TO + VERB = INFINITIVE
To work to work trabajar
To study to study estudiar
To make to make preparar

1. Estos verbos pueden ser seguidos por un Gerundio o por un Infinitivo

Like – hate – can’t stand - start – begin - continue - love
Example:

VERB Like = gustar

GERUND I like swimming (a mi me gusta nadar)
INFINITIVE I like to swim (a mi me gusta nadar)

VERB Hate = odiar

GERUND She hates swimming (ella odia nadar)
INFINITIVE She hates to swim (ella odia nadar)

VERB can’t stand = no soporto

GERUND We can’t stand listening to rock music.
 INFINITIVE We can’t stand to listen to rock music.

2. Estos verbos son seguidos por un Gerundio

Enjoy – avoid - keep - practice - consider - think about - imagine –
finish

VERB Enjoy = disfrutar

GERUND I enjoy teaching. (yo disfruto enseñar)
INFINITIVE x I enjoy to teach

VERB Avoid = evitar

GERUND She avoids eating dessert. (ella evita comer postres)
INFINITIVE x She avoids to eat dessert

VERB Stop = detener / dejar

GERUND Peter stopped smoking. (Peter dejó de fumar)
INFINITIVE x Peter stopped to smoke.

3. Estos verbos son seguidos por un Infinitivo

Want – learn – decide - try - help – promise - plan - hope

VERB
GERUND x I want learning English.
INFINITIVE I want to learn English. (yo quiero aprender inglés)
 PRACTICE

Gerunds and Infinitives

Put the verb into the correct form and translate it.
10. He decided ___to study___ (study) Biology.
11. I imagine _____waiting____ (wait) for you.
12. He helps __to clean____ (clean) the windows every weekend.
13. I promise _____to help_____ (help) you tomorrow.
14. We hate ____to go____ (go) to the cinema.
16. I try ____to take____ (take) the bus every morning.
17. We hope ___to visit_____ (visit) Amsterdam next month.
18. She thinks about __going__ (go) to the museum.
19. They plan __to start__ (start) college in the autumn.
20. I don’t want __to leave___ (leave) yet.