I've made this post to complete my assignment. The topic I chose is Gerund and Infinitives. For a better explanation, you can check my youtube video here: Easy To Learn Ep 1: Gerund and Infinitives
Here are, a short explanation about Gerund and Infinitives!
So basically gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding “ing.”
An infinitive is the "to" form of the verb.
Actually, it's quite tricky to remember which verbs are followed by the infinitive and which verbs are followed by the gerund. Try to remember this! Gerunds are often used when actions are real, fixed, or completed while Infinitives are often used when actions are unreal, abstract, or future.
There are other rules for both of gerund and infinitives, let's discuss it.
We use a gerund:
After certain verbs
Let's check the example box below, Amy enjoys eating mangos. The first verb is "enjoys". And you can use other tenses, like enjoying, enjoyed, and etc. Next, the second verb is always a gerund with "-ing". In this case, the gerund is eating. Here are more verbs and phrases that take the gerund: Admit. Avoid. Deny. Finish. Stop. Keep. Suggest. And many more.
Instead of noun
So when you combine verb 1 + ing it can be present continuous tense or gerund instead of the noun. For example, Jogging is a hobby of mine. Reading helps you learn English.
After prepositions
For example, I wrote a letter to my mom before leaving the house. Here are more prepositions that take the gerund: After. Next. Without. Into. Between. Until. But. etc
We use ‘to + infinitives:
After certain verbs
It's actually the same with a gerund, just the verbs are different.
For example, Lucy promised to eat all her vegetables. The first verb is promised. Same with a gerund, you can use other tenses. Next, the second verb after promised is always with ‘to + infinitive’, in this case, is eat.
More verbs that take ‘to + infinitive’ are: Appear. Agree. Expect. Forget. Promise. Remember. etc.
After many adjectives
For example:
She was happy to leave her boyfriend earlier.
In this sentence, you can find two adjectives. “Happy” and “Earlier”
To show purpose
We often use ‘to + infinitive’ to say why we do something:
For example, I left for Russia to study Russian
