Ing Form or Infinitive For Bachillerato Students Nonpersonal

-Ing Form or Infinitive For Bachillerato Students

Non-personal Verb Forms INFINITIVE -ING FORM PARTICIPLE PRESENT TO DO DOING DONE PERFECT TO HAVE DONE HAVING DONE ____ PASSIVE TO BE DONE BEING DONE ____

-ing form: subject, object or complement of a preposition n n The -ing form often acts as a verb and a noun at the same time. It can be followed by an object (eg writing letters), but it can also itself be the subject, object or complement of a sentence: Writing letters takes a long time I hate writing letters I’m not used to writing letters I learn vocabulary by writing it several times

-Ing Form after Verb n When one verb is followed by another, the second verb is sometimes in the –ing form. The most common are: admit appreciate avoid consider contemplate delay deny detest dislike endure enjoy escape excuse face feel like finish forgive up can’t help imagine involve mention mind miss postpone practise put off resent resist risk can’t stand suggest understand

Infinitive n n n An infinitive can also be the subject of a sentence, especially in older English (eg “To err is human, to forgive divine”). In modern English, it is more common to begin the sentence with “it” as preparatory subject and to put later, after an adjective. ( “It’s easy to make mistakes” rather than “To make mistakes is easy”) The combination adjective + infinitive can express various meanings, depending on which adjective is used: I was very pleased to see you yesterday Relativity theory isn’t easy to understand.

Infinitive of purpose n n Infinitives can also be combined with nouns to express what will be done with something (eg Have you got a key to unlock the door? ) The infinitive with to is used to talk about people’s purposes, the reason why they do things. I went to Brighton to learn English In negative sentences, in order not to or so as not to are used; the infinitive alone is usually incorrect: I’m going now so as not to miss the train.

Infinitive after Verb n The most common verbs followed by an infinitive are: afford agree appear arrange ask attempt bear begin care choose consent dare decide determine expect fail forget happen hate help hesitate hope intend learn like love manage mean neglect offer prepare pretend promise propose refuse regret remember seem start swear trouble try want wish

Verb + Object + Infinitive n n Some verbs are used with an object before and an infinitive (eg She wants me to go shopping with her; not *…that I go…) The most common verbs using this construction are: advise Allow ask bear beg cause command encourage expect forbid force get hate help instruct intend invite leave like mean need oblige order permit persuade prefer press recommend request remind teach tell tempt trouble urge want warn wish

-Ing Form or Infinitive? n Some verbs can be followed by either –ing or infinitive, usually with a difference in meaning. The most important cases are: advise allow attempt can’t bear begin continue forbid forget go on hate hear intend like love permit prefer propose regret remember see start stop try watch