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Gerunds vs. Infinitives

Gerunds and infinitives are both verbal forms that act as nouns. Gerunds end in -ing, such as swimming, walking, or laughing. Infinitives are the basic verb form with the particle to, as in to swim, to walk, or to laugh.

Sometimes, it can be difficult to know whether it's best to use a gerund or an infinitive in a sentence. Here are a few rules:

Both gerunds and infinitives can follow a verb, as in, "I don’t like losing," or, "I don’t like to lose." They can also both be the subject of a sentence, as in, "Catching a chicken is difficult," or, "To catch a chicken is difficult."

But only gerunds follow prepositions. For example, it’s correct to say, "I can’t leave a painting without finishing it," but it’s not correct to say, "I can’t leave a painting without to finish it."

Gerunds vs. Infinitives Grammar Quiz

  1. I cannot collect Easter eggs without them.

  2. movies is very expensive.

  3. Actors don't like time while they are on the set.

  4. into a good school can be difficult and expensive.

  5. My friend Charles doesn't like eating meat; he thinks animals deserve .

  6. Working the onion fields left him of onion juice.

  7. Are we talking about basketball on Saturday?

  8. She thought about moving, however she doesn't like in big cities.

  9. Michelle considered for more time to finish her book.

  10. I stopped cigarettes last year.

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naira71

naira71

Azerbaijan

its usefull lesson.

11:44 AM Jan 25 2013 |

sravya maruboina

India

plz give me more examples …

04:43 PM Dec 04 2012 |

hicham

Morocco

thanks to englishbaby about this useful lesson



 

05:11 PM Nov 22 2012 |

Alexien

Alexien

United Kingdom

this lesson may halp me How to U gerud verbs really Such as Eating, learning, washing and some thing like that

07:31 AM Sep 30 2012 |

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Belinassi

Belinassi

Brazil

This lesson is helping me to understanding it.

05:23 AM Sep 17 2012 |

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simuzeR

simuzeR

Azerbaijan

mishell if u want to see the answer must pay :(

10:13 AM Sep 15 2012 |

mishell.

mishell.

Georgia

it’s easy but I can’t see the answers :  (( 

07:12 AM Sep 13 2012 |

ccyyyxxxx

ccyyyxxxx

China

My teacher said infinitives can describe the things that have been done or have become an usual action.And Gerunds is used for expressing a wish or something that haven’t been done.


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02:51 AM Apr 14 2012 |

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CatcheR

CatcheR

Iceland

I like surfing on the internet but I don’t like to watch movie online.

06:29 AM Mar 10 2012 |

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ilyas_773@yahoo.com

Pakistan

this exercise help me to understand gerund and infinitives


thnx english baby

02:39 AM Mar 03 2012 |

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