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Mind Map by jimena gonzalez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jimena gonzalez
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Infinitives and Gerunds
- A gerund is a verb in its -ing form
that functions as a noun that names
an activity rather than a person or
thing.
- I look forward to helping you paint the house.
- I look forward to helping you paint the house.
- - Some verbs and verb phrases
are directly followed a gerund.
- Some verbs can be followed
by a gerund or an infinitive
without causing a change in
meaning
- Some people prefer getting up early
in the morning. / Some people prefer
to get up early in the morning
- Some people prefer getting up early
in the morning. / Some people prefer
to get up early in the morning
- An infinitive is a verb form that acts
as other parts of speech in a sentence.
It is formed with to + base form of
the verb.
- An object following
the verb: Jim
always forgets to
eat
- A subject at the beginning of
a sentence: To travel around
the world requires a lot of
time and money.
- Some verbs are directly followed by a noun or
pronoun and then by an infinitive: I convinced
Catherine to become vegetarian. He advised me to
sell all my shares of stock.
- Some verbs are directly followed by an
infinitive: Do you want to call your
family now?
- Some verbs are directly followed by an
infinitive: Do you want to call your
family now?
- Some verbs are directly followed by a noun or
pronoun and then by an infinitive: I convinced
Catherine to become vegetarian. He advised me to
sell all my shares of stock.
- A subject at the beginning of
a sentence: To travel around
the world requires a lot of
time and money.
- An object following
the verb: Jim
always forgets to
eat
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