GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES by Tifany Padilla https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3 en-us 2017-02-20 20:22:43 UTC 2023-03-02 20:26:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png Use of gerund tifanypad https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155009509 1.  After all prepositions except to
  •  look forward to doing to
  • to object to doing
  • to get used to doing
2.
]]> 2017-02-20 20:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155009509 THE GERUND tifanypad https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155012844 Is a verb which is used as a noun. It can be the subject of a clause or sentence: “Climbing the hill took them all day”, or the object: “I consider learning to sabe to be an essential part of growing up”. ]]> 2017-02-20 20:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155012844 Use of gerund tifanypad https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155349686 3. After verb and preposition combinations.
Common examples:
  • insist on 
  • approve of
  • consist of
  • believe in
  • succed in
4. After phrasal verbs
I gave up playing tennis when I hurt my knee.
]]> 2017-02-22 02:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155349686 THE INFINITIVE tifanypad https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155350188 2017-02-22 03:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155350188 tifanypad https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155350474 2017-02-22 03:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155350474 tifanypad https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155350697 5. After adjective and preposition combinations
Steven is fantastic at cooking Thai food.]]> 2017-02-22 03:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155350697 tifanypad https://padlet.com/tifanypad/5o937al6gqo3/wish/155351328
  • After certain verbs 
    • I learnt to speak spanish in valencia
    Common examples:
    Afford, agree, ask, choose, help, hope, pretend, promise, expect, prefer, used.
    • After certain adjectives
    I was surprised to see him at the party
    Common examples:
    difficult, possible, happy, certain, simple.
    • After verbs which follow the pattern adverb+someone+to do+something.
    I asked  her to open the window.
    Common examples:
    encourage, permit, allow, persuade, teach, force.
    • To express purpose
    I went to the shops to get some bread
    The infinitive without to, his is also used after modal auxiliaries(can, must), after let, had better and would rather
    Make has no to in the active, but adds to in the pasive:
    I made him go to school/ he was made to go to school

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