Verb + -ing or infinitive VY_32_INOVACE_3C17 Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř Mgr. Věra Dundálková Verb + -ing or infinitive
finish, imagine, don’t mind, enjoy are followed by an -ing form I have finished reading. promise, want, agree, decide, refuse, forget, offer, need Are followed by an infinitive What do you want to do this evening?
like, hate, prefer, start, try, love can have either -ing form or an infinitive Do you like getting up early? Do you like to get up early?
stop, remember can have -ing form or an infinitive, but the meaning is different Remember to go to the bank. (= Remember that you must go to the bank.) She remembers going to the bank. (= She remembers that she went to the bank.) He stopped smiling. (= He was smiling. Then he stopped.) He stopped to hide the sword in the bushes. (= He stopped. Then he hid it.)
Practice We have decided ______ (go) to the beach. Peter refused ______ (help) us. Please remember ______ (buy) some stamps. It stopped ______ (snow). I hate ______ (wash up). I don’t mind ______ (open) the window. Did you enjoy ______ (swim)?
Solution We have decided to go to the beach. Peter refused to help us. Please remember to buy some stamps. It stopped snowing. I hate washing up / to wash up. I don’t mind opening the window. Did you enjoy swimming?
Sources Oxford Practice Grammar, Norman Coe et al., Oxford University Press, 2008 Essential Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge University Press, 2002 Project 4, 3rd edition, Tom Hutchinson, Oxford University Press, 2009
Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř Projekt: Škola v digitálním světě aneb Uchop svoji šanci Registrační číslo: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0210 Číslo DUM: VY_32_INOVACE_3C17 Jméno autora: Mgr. Věra Dundálková Název práce: Verb + -ing or infinitive Předmět: anglický jazyk Ročník: tercie (pilotováno v tercii) Časová dotace: 15 - 20 minut Vzdělávací cíl: procvičit použití sloves + formy -ing nebo infinitivu Inovace: využití výpočetní techniky ve výuce Datum vytvoření : 8.4.2013