VERBS

FINITE NON-FINITE
 INFINITIVE

NON-FINITE GERUND

PARTICIPLE
 GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
Gerund (VERB + - ING)
- looks like a verb, but functions like a noun!

You can use a gerund as:

The subject of a sentence
The complement
The object of a sentence
After prepositions and phrasal verbs
After some verbs (listed on slide 9)
• 1) Reading helps you learn English. (subject)
• 1a) Brushing your teeth is important.

• 2) Her favorite hobby is reading. (complement

of the sentence)
• 2a) One of his duties is attending meetings.
(complement of the sentence) imenski deo
predikata

• 3) I enjoy reading. (object of a sentence)

• 3a) He likes swimming.
• Imenski predikat

• Imenski predikat je sastavljen iz dva dela.

Glagolski deo je enklitički oblik pomoćnog
glagola. Imenski deo je neka imenska vrsta reči
(imenica, zamenica, pridev ili broj).

• Evo primera : Ruža je crvena. Ovde je glagoski

deo enklitika JE, a imenski deo pridev
CRVENA.
• THE GERUND AFTER PREPOSITIONS

- must be used when a verb comes after a

preposition

1) I am very good at remembering names.

2) We arrived in Madrid after driving all night.
3) In spite of missing the train, we arrived on
time.
4) There's no point in waiting.
• THE GERUND AFTER PHRASAL VERBS

-phrasal verbs are composed of a verb +

preposition or adverb.

Examples:
• When will you give up smoking?
• She always puts off going to the dentist.
• He kept on asking for money.
• What if ph verbs end in “to” get used to, look
forward to….?

• here “to” is a preposition and must be

followed by gerund

• If you can replace the underlined part of the

sentence with “it” then “to” is a preposition
and must be followed by gerund.
1) I look forward to hearing from you soon.
1a) I look forward to it.

2) I am used to waiting for buses.

2a) I am used to it.

3) I hope to get around to answering your letter

next week. (to find the time to do sth)
3a) I hope to get around to it.
• We form negative sentences by adding NOT

• He enjoys not working.

• The best thing for your health is not smoking.

• Verbs followed by gerund:

ENJOY, HATE, LIKE, LOVE,

FINISH, PRACTICE, STOP, SPEND,
SUGGEST, MIND…
• INFINITIVES

USE:

1) After adjectives
My flat is easy to find.

2)To express a reason or purpose

He’s saving money to buy a new car.

3) After some verbs (listed on slide 12)

Try not to make noise.
• Bare infinitive (without to)
Use:
-after most modal and auxiliary verbs
- after make and let

I can’t drive. We must hurry.

She always makes me laugh.
Let him cry.
• Verbs followed by infinitive:

AGREE, DECIDE, FORGET,

LEARN, OFFER, HELP, HOPE,
NEED, PLAN, PRETEND,
PROMISE, REFUSE, SEEM,
TRY, WANT…
• LAST BUT NOT LEAST

• These verbs can take either gerund or

infinitive but the meaning is different!

• He stopped drinking coffee. (He never drank

coffee again.)

• He stopped to drink coffee. (He stopped what

he was doing and drank some coffee.)
• He remembered sending the fax. (He
remembered the act of sending the fax)

• He remembered to send the fax. (He

remembered the fax and sent it.)