GRAMMER RULE:
The infinitive form
is used after certain verbs:
forget, help, learn, teach, train,
choose, expect, hope, need, offer, want, would like, agree, encourage,
pretend, promise, allow, can/can't afford, decide, manage, mean, refuse.
The infinitive form
is always used after adjectives, for example:
disappointed, glad, happy,
pleased, relieved, sad, surprised.
I was happy to help them. She will be delighted to see you.
This includes too +
adjective:
The water was too cold to
swim in. Is your coffee too hot to
drink?
The infinitive form
is used after adjective + enough:
The -ing form is used when the word is the
subject of a sentence or clause:
Swimming is good
exercise. Doctors say that smoking is
bad for you.
The -ing form is used after a preposition: I look forward to meeting you.
The -ing form is used after certain verbs: avoid, dislike, enjoy, finish, give up,
mind/not
mind, practise
Some verbs can be
followed by the -ing form or the infinitive without a big change in meaning:
begin, continue, hate, intend, like, love, prefer, propose, start.
It started to rain. It started raining.
I like to play
tennis. I like playing tennis.
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EXERCISE: Put the verb in brackets in the
correct form, infinitive (with or without to), or –ing. Sometimes two forms are
possible:
(A)
My
family is trying ______________ (decide) where to go on holiday.
(B)
I’d
like _____________ (go) somewhere different for a change.
C)
I
enjoy ______________ (visit) places I´ve never been before.
(D)
But
my children hate ______________ (sightsee).
(E)
They
prefer_____________ (play) in a swimming pool all day.
(F)
They
refuse _____________ (go) out on trips if it’s to hot.
(G)
Last
year we managed ______________ (find) a holiday that suited everyone.
(H)
We
decided _____________ (rent) a house with a swimming pool.
(I)
A
woman from a travel agency helped us ______________ (choose) a nice house.
(J)
When
we arrived, the people next door invited us _____________(have) a drink
with them.
(K)
We
began ____________ (talk) about next year’s holiday two months ago.
(L)
Everyone
hopes ________ (enjoy) themselves on holiday,
but it isn’t always easy.
ANSWERS
EXERCISE:
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form, infinitive (with or without to),
or –ing. Sometimes two forms are possible:
(A) My family is trying to decide (decide) where to go on
holiday.
(B)
I’d
like to go (go) somewhere
different for a change.
(C)
I
enjoy visiting (visit) places
I´ve never been before.
(D)
But
my children hate sightseeing (sightsee).
(E)
They
prefer to play/playing (play)
in a swimming pool all day.
(F)
They
refuse to go (go) out on trips
if it’s to hot.
(G)
Last
year we managed to find (find)
a holiday that suited everyone.
(H)
We
decided to rent (rent) a house
with a swimming pool.
(I)
A
woman from a travel agency helped us to
choose (choose) a nice house
(J) When we arrived, the people next door invited us to have (have) a drink
(J) When we arrived, the people next door invited us to have (have) a drink
with them.
(K) We began talking (talk) about next year’s holiday two months ago.
(K) We began talking (talk) about next year’s holiday two months ago.
(L) Everyone hopes to enjoy (enjoy) themselves on holiday, but it isn’t always
easy.
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