GERUNDS AND

INFINITIVES

(NON-FINITE FORMS)
 GERUNDS

1) Beating a child will do more harm than good.

2) I hate arguing.

3) I don't feel like doing sport now.

4) I'm not interested in collecting stamps.

 Compound verbs followed by
gerund
Be/get used to, can't help, can't stand, don't mind,

wouldn't mind, feel like, give up, go (+verb of

physical activity), it's no use, it' not worth, keep

on, look forward to, spend (time), there's no use,

there's no point in...

 Verbs followed by bare infinitive
- MAKE / LET

- HELP

- FEEL, HEAR , SEE, WATCH (verbs of

perception and sensation)

- HAD BETTER...

- MODAL VERBS
 VERBS FOLLOWED BY TO-INFINITIVE

AGREE, APPEAR, ARRANGE, CARE, CHOOSE,

DECIDE, EXPECT, FAIL, HESITATE, HOPE,

LEARN, MANAGE, PLAN, PRETEND, PROMISE,

REFUSE, SEEM,SWEAR, TEND, WANT, WISH...

 Nouns and adjectives + to-infinitive

NOUNS: ADJECTIVES:

Ability, attempt, chance, (un)able, due, bound,

desire, failure, need, inclined, likely,
opportunity, reason, prepared, (un)willing...
refusal...
 Verbs+ object + to-infinitive
With or without object: ONLY WITH OBJECT!!!:

want, ask, expect, help, tell, remind, force,

mean, beg, would like, invite, warn

note: some verbs take this

would prefer, like, wish
construction or -ing when
there's no personal object,
e.g. recommend)
 VERBS+ TO-INF. & GERUND
With no or little With difference of
difference of meaning: meaning connected with
time (-ing form refers to
things that happened
-love, hate, prefer ,(like) earlier):
-remember, forget
-begin, propose, forbid, -stop
intend, start
-regret