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Gerunds and infinitives
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First Certificate FCE (Grammar) Mind Map on Gerunds and infinitives, created by Almudena Alameda on 27/04/2016.
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Gerunds and infinitives
Gerund
After certain verbs and expressions
Like; love; enjoy; adore; fancy, feel, don´t mind; detest, hate; loathe; can´t stand; dislike; finish; avoid; give up; keep; miss; suggest; consider; imagine
It´s not worth; it´s/there´s no use; there´s no point (in)
After all prepositions except "to"
On hearing the news, she burst into tears
Exceptions
To look forward to doing; to object to doing; to get used to doing
After adj+prepos combinations
Steven is fantastic at cooking Thai food
Good; wonderful; fantastic; bad; awful; terrible at; happy; pleased; glad; anxious; sad; worried about; afraid; frightened; scared; terrified of; interested in; keen on; capable of; proud of; to have difficulty in
After verb+prepos combinations
I don´t approve of people drinking and driving
Insist on; approve of; apologise for; consist of; believe in; succeed in; accuse someone of; congratulate someone on
After phrasal verbs
I gave up playing tennis when I hurt my knee
Infinitive
After verbs
I learnt to speak Spanish in Valencia
Afford; agree; ask; choose; help; hope; want; intend; pretend; promise; expect; prefer; used
After adjetives
I was surprised to see him at the party
Difficult; possible; happy; certain; simple
Verb+someone+to do something
I asked her to open the window
Encourage; permit; allow; persuade; teach; force
To express purpose
I went to the shops to get some bread
Without to
After modals auxiliaries (can, must)
After let, had better, would rather
Make
Active: I made him go to school
Passive: He was made to go to school
Both
No change in meaning
Start; begin; continue; attempt; intend; be accustomed to; be committed to; can´t bear
The audience started to clap when the performance finished. The audience started clapping when the performance finished.
Slight change in meaning
Prefer; like; hate; love
I like swimming (in general)
I like to swimm in the morning (talking about a habit)
Change in meaning
Try
I tried to open the window, but it was struck (I couldn´t do it)
It was hot, so I tried opening the window (an experiment)
Stop
I stopped her to get some petrol (purpose)
I stopped going to that garage when they put their prizes up (I didn´t go there any more)
Regret
I regret to tell you that we have no more rooms (bad news)
I regret no making more friends when I was at school (past event)
Remember / Forget
I remember/never forget going to New York on Concorde when I was a child (in the past)
I must remember/musn´t forget to buy a newspaper while I´m out shopping (still hasn´t happened)
Mean
I mean to work had at university (intention)
It will mean going to the library more often (the result)
Go on
When I finished shopping, I´ll go on to see a film (change of activity)
Please don´t stop, go on showing us your photos (continue)
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