Задание
Study the information. Put the verbs into the correct category
Gerund and Infinitive
- We use gerunds ( -ing form verb):
- after certain verbs: I enjoy swimming.
- after prepositions: I drank a cup of warm milk before sleeping.
- as the subject or object of a sentence: Reading horrors is my favourite hobby.
We use gerunds (-ing form verbs) after these verbs: to enjoy, to fancy, to discuss, to dislike, to like, to love, to hate, don't mind, to finish, to suggest, to recommend, to keep, to avoid, etc.
- We use «to» + infinitive:
- after certain verbs: We decided to buy this sofa.
- after many adjectives: It's interesting to work with clay.
- to show the reason for doing smth: He wants to go to England to study.
We use «to» + infinitive after these verbs: to agree, to ask, to decide, to plan, to hope, to promise, to want, etc.
- We use bare infinitive (without «to»):
- after modal verbs: We must be there on time.
- after help, let, make: He helped us organise your birthday party.
- when we make an expression with why: Why call him back after all?
- if we use verbs of perception, such as feel, sense, notice, hear, see: I noticed she looked at me.
agree, ask, decide, expect, fail, happen, hope, manage, refuse, offer, prepare, pretend, promise, seem, want, wish, would like, admit, avoid, can't help, can't stand, dislike, enjoy, finish, practise, recommend, risk, can, must, will, may, let
| verb + infinitive with to | verb + -ing form | verb + infinitive without to |