Gerunds and Infinitives
We use gerunds (verb + ing):
- After certain verbs - I enjoy singing
- After prepositions - I drank a cup of coffee before leaving
- As the subject or object of a sentence - Swimming is good exercise
- After certain verbs - We decided to leave
- After many adjectives - It's difficult to get up early
- To show purpose - I came to London to study English
- After modal verbs - I can meet you at six o'clock
- After 'let', 'make' and (sometimes) 'help' - The teacher let us leave early
- After some verbs of perception (see, watch, hear, notice, feel, sense) - I watched her walk away
- After expressions with 'why' - why go out the night before an exam?
- Verbs with gerunds and infinitives part 1
- Verbs with gerunds and infinitives part 2
- Verbs with gerunds and infinitives part 3
- Verbs with gerunds and infinitives part 4
*source: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives.html
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