Gerunds & Infinitives

+ infinitive or gerund
Certain verbs can be followed by gerunds or infinitives, but their meaning changes. The most
common ones are:
stop + infinitive I  stopped to writethe report I stopped what I was doing in order to write
the report
+ gerund I  stopped writing the report I was writing the report, then I stopped
remember + infinitive He must remember to buy the presents He has the obligation of buying the
presents in the future
+ gerund He  remembers buying the presents He bought the presents earlier and he
remembers doing so
forget + infinitive They  forgot to bookthe room They did not remember to do it and the
room is not booked
+ gerund They  forgot havingbooked the room They booked the room but do not
remember doing so
try + infinitive He  tried to study for about 8 hours a He made an effort to do so
day
+ gerund He had even tried working at He tried as an experiment
weekends
regret + infinitive I  regret to tell you that I cannot come I am sorry to have to tell you that I
can’t come now
+ gerund I now regret being so mean I regret something I have done
mean + infinitive I only meant to tellyou about the party Synonym of intend
+ gerund If we leave at 6:00 it will mean Synonym of involve
getting up at 4:15
consider + infinitive He is considered to be the best tennis Reporting an opinion
player
+ gerund At one point I considered emigrating. Meaning ‘think about’
 Online Exercises
• https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/index.htm

• https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund