GERUNDS & INFINITIVES

CHANGE IN MEANING

SUMMIT UNIT 1

Before startingWhat’s a

GERUND?-ING form of a verb

PRESENT PARTICIPLES GERUNDS

a) Part of a continuous form

- He is painting- We were running

b) After V of movement- She salt looking at the sea- They went talking about their ss

c) After V of perception- I saw him swimming- He felt the floor shaking

d) As adjectives- It’s amazing / worrying /

exciting / boring

a) Subject of a sentence (S = Ger)

- Working as a teacher is hard- Playing soccer is my favourite

activity

b) Following a preposition (prep + Ger)- She thought about calling him- I’m interested in playing soccer

c) Object of a sentence (V + Ger)

G / INF according to the Vd) In compound nouns- A swimming pool- A driving lesson- Bird - washing

NOUN

An Inf is also posible but it’s very formal and

not common

Before startingWhat’s a

GERUND?What’s an INFINITIVE?

-ING form of a verb TO verbNOUN

It’s possible to use a Ger too, but anf Inf is

more common

GERUNDS INFINITIVES

a) Subject of a sentence (S = Ger)

- Working as a teacher is hard- Playing soccer is my favourite

activity

b) Following a preposition (prep + Ger)- She thought about calling him- I’m interested in playing

soccer

c) Object of a sentence (V + Ger)

G / INF according to the Vd) In compound nouns- A swimming pool- A driving lesson- Bird - washing

a) Following an adjective (adj + Inf)

- It’s nice to see you here- He thinks it was better to do

that

b)Following a N / ProN (N + Inf)- She told me to wake up- The doctor recommended me

to eat helthful food

c) Object of a sentence (V + Inf)

G / INF according to the V

If the V needs and

O which is a N / ProN

GRAMMAR – GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES: changes in meaning

VERBS

• Love• Hate• Can’t

stand• Like• Prefer• Begin• Start• Continue • …

NO CHANG

E

STOP

INF.

GER.

INF.FORGETand

REMEMBER

REGRET

«Pause»

«Not anymore»

To do sth.

Sth. in the past

Informative / formal

Sth. in the past

GER.

INF.

GER.

INFINITIVES

GERUNDS

OBJECTS & INFINITIVES

Carlos loves to eat pizza

ORCarlos loves eating pizza

Last year, Carlos planned to get married

She advised me to listen to classical music

Carlos and Majo are keeping planning their wedding

TRY

To do one’s best

Experiment

INF.

GER.

Carlos stopped his journey to watch the sunset.

Carlos stopped smoking two years ago

Carlos always forgets to do his homework, but remembers to study

Carlos forgot playing the guitar that night but he told me the remembered kissing you.I regret to inform you that our offices are not going to work tomorrow

I regret buying my motorbike here|

VERBS

• Love• Hate• Can’t

stand• Like• Prefer• Begin• Start• Continue • …

NO CHANG

E

STOP

FORGETand

REMEMBER

REGRET

INFINITIVES

GERUNDS

OBJECTS & INFINITIVES

Carlos loves to eat pizza

ORCarlos loves eating pizza

Last year, Carlos planned to get married

She advised me to listen to classical music

Carlos and Majo are keeping planning their wedding

TRY

Carlos tried to become a member of the soccer team

Carlos tried cooking pizza, but it was a disaster

GRAMMAR – GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES: changes in meaning