English — Gerunds and Infinitives: Rules and Common Verbs — 2nd Year Literary Stream

Gerunds and Infinitives: Rules and Common Verbs

Some verbs are followed by gerunds (verb-ing), some by infinitives (to + verb), and some by both.

Verbs + Gerund

• Enjoy, avoid, mind, suggest, finish, practice, keep.
• Example: “I enjoy reading books.”

Verbs + Infinitive

• Want, need, hope, plan, decide, promise, agree.
• Example: “I want to learn English.”

Verbs + Both (change in meaning)

• Stop + gerund: quit an action. “I stopped smoking.”
• Stop + infinitive: pause to do something. “I stopped to smoke.”
• Remember + gerund: recall past. “I remember meeting him.”
• Remember + infinitive: not forget. “Remember to call me.”

Exercises

1. Complete: “I avoid ___ (eat) junk food.”
2. Complete: “She decided ___ (study) harder.”
3. What is the difference between “I stopped talking” and “I stopped to talk”?

دروس مشابهة

• اللغة الإنجليزية — Prepositions of place — السنة الثانية متوسط
• اللغة الإنجليزية — Wh- questions (تمارين متقدمة) — السنة الأولى ثانوي
• اللغة الإنجليزية وآدابها — الصوتيات وعلم الأصوات — الجامعي