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Gerund: you add –ing to a verb: ie. Meet > Meeting
Infinitive: you add “to” before the base form of a verb: ie. Meet > To meet
Uses: the gerund
We use the gerund:
After some verbs: Suggest, recommend, like/dislike/prefer,
love/hate, enjoy, finish, miss, continue, avoid, go+activity, risk, keep.
ie. I suggested going to the cinema (Propuse ir al cine)
In some expressions: Feel like (Tener ganas de) It´s no use (No merece la pena) Get used to / Be used to (Estar
acostumbrandose / Estar acostumbrado) Can´t stand (No poder soportar) Can´t help (No poder evitar) Don´t mind (no importar)
ie. I don´t mind cleaning my room
Uses: the gerund
As subject in a sentence when we talk about general actions ie. Finding solutions to some problems is not
easy (Encontrar soluciones a algunos problemas no es fácil)
Uses: the gerund
After prepositions
ie. I´m interested in studying maths
By (to say how to do something): You can get to sleep by wearing this watch-like gadget
For (to describe the function or purpose of something): It’s a gadget for opening bottles.
After, before, …
Uses: the gerund
Uses: the infinitive + TO
After some verbs, such as: Want / wish / hope / expect Agree Appear / seem Choose / Continue Decide Learn /manage Plan Promise /ask /prepare / pretend Refuse
ie. I want to travel around the country next year
After some adjectives and adverbs Happy to Slowly to
ie. I´m happy to be here / He ran too slowly to win
Uses: the infinitive + TO
After the indirect object of some verbs, such as: ADVISE, INVITE, TELL, WARN, TEACH, PERSUADE ie. He advised me to go to the doctor (Me
aconsejó que fuese al médico) His mother wants him to tidy his bedroom.
(Su madre quiere que él ordene su habitación) The teacher is asking us to sing a song. (La
profesora nos está pidiendo que cantemos una canción)
Uses: the infinitive + TO
Verbs related to perception (HEAR, FEEL, SEE,…) and MAKE / LET are followed by infinitive without to ie. I saw Eric leave the office / Their
parents make them clean their room
Uses: the infinitive without TO
VERBS FOLLOWED BY EITHER A GERUND OR AN INFINITIVE
Begin Propose (proponer) Forbid Intend (tener la intención de)
ie.They started answering the letter / They started to answer the letter
VERBS WITH A CHANGE OF MEANING
Stop gerund = stop doing something that you are doing
Stop infinitive = stop doing something that you are doing to start another activity ie. He stopped going out with Mary (Dejó
de salir con Mary) / He stopped to have a coffee (Paró para tomar un café)
Remember gerund = an action in the past
Remember infinitive = an action in the future
I remember meeting him at a party / I remembered to close the window
VERBS WITH A CHANGE OF MEANING
Forget gerund = we have forgotten something that happened
Forget infinitive = we have forgotten something we had to do
ie. I forgot seeing him at a party / I forgot to close the door
VERBS WITH A CHANGE OF MEANING