2. What’s a gerund and what’s an infinitive?
He suggested going to the cinema.
I would like to travel to Argentina next month.
3. Gerunds or Infinitives ??
Gerunds Infinitives
Avoid Quit Agree Plan
Can´t stand Suggest Be sure Seem
Discuss Can´t help Choose Want
Dislike Consider Decide Wish
Enjoy Finish Expect Would like
Feel like Hope Promise
Mind Learn Refuse
Practice Need
4. Gerunds or Infinitives ??
Gerunds Examples
Avoid Quit He has to avoid eating sugar.
Can´t stand Suggest I can´t stand watching sad
movies.
Discuss Can´t help
They have discussed buying a
Dislike Consider new car.
Enjoy Finish Tom dislikes traveling by bus.
Feel like My friend will enjoy reading
Mind this book.
Practice He didn´t feel like going to
the cinema.
5. Gerunds or Infinitives ??
Infinitives Examples
Agree Plan Tom didn’t agree to have the
meeting tomorrow.
Be sure Seem I decided to buy a new car.
Choose Want She has learned to cook
Chinese food.
Decide Wish Mary would like to find a new
Expect Would like job.
Hope Promise You promised to help me
with the homework.
Learn Refuse All my family is planning to
Need travel to U.S.A. on our next
vacation.
7. Gerunds or Infinitives
Gerunds Your examples
Mind (Simple Past)
Practice (Question)
Quit (Present Perfect)
Suggest (Future – will)
Can´t help (…)
Consider ( Be going to)
Finish (Present Cont.)
8. Gerunds or Infinitives
Infinitives Your examples
Be sure (Imperative)
Choose (Negative)
Expect (Future - will)
Hope (Simple Past)
Need (Simple Present)
Want (Present Perfect)
Refuse (Question)
9. Gerunds and Infinitives
Both Gerunds and
Examples
Infinitives
Begin He began to work/ working
Continue last month.
Hate I will start to do/ doing my
Like
homework in 5 minutes.
Love
Prefer
Start