About Me
- Har Wai Li
- kampar, ipoh, Malaysia
- Personal Information Full Name: Har Wai Li Web Site / Blog: waili3000.blogspot.com Work Information: teacher Email harwaii@yahoo.com waili3000@yahoo.com My no matrik: D20102044845
Blog Archive
Powered by Blogger.
player
Followers
Monday 3 October 2011
Gerund and Infinitive (no difference in meaning)
We use the Gerund or the Infinitive after the following verbs: | |
---|---|
begin | He began talking. He began to talk. |
continue | They continue smoking. They continue to smoke. |
hate | Do you hate working on Saturdays? Do you hate to work on Saturdays? |
like | I like swimming. I like to swim. |
love | She loves painting. She loves to paint. |
prefer | Pat prefers walking home. Pat prefers to walk home. |
start | They start singing. They start to sing. |
We use the Gerund or the Infinitive after the following verbs. There are two possible structures after these verbs. Gerund: verb + -ing Infinitive: verb + person + to-infinitive | |
---|---|
advise | They advise walking to town. They advise us to walk to town. |
allow | They do not allow smoking here. They do not allow us to smoke here. |
encourage | They encourage doing the test. They encourage us to do the test. |
permit | They do not permit smoking here. They do not permit us to smoke here. |
recommend | They recommend walking to town. They recommend that we walk to town. |
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment