The Infinitive is used: to+V
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The -ing form is used:
V-ing
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1.To express purpose. She
went to the bank to get some money.
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1. As a noun. Swimming keeps you fit.
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2.After the following verbs:
advise,hope, appear, decide, expect, manage, offer, promise, refuse, seem,
want, afford, pretend, agree, plan. He advised me to apply
for the job.
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2. Verb + preposition.(think
of, apologise for, object to, look forward to, be used to, in addition to
) He left without saying
goodbye.
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3.Know,
decide, ask, learn, remember, want to know – when they are
followed by question words ( who, what, where, how…) I can’t decide where to go.
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3.After love,
like, enjoy, dislike, hate and prefer to express general preference.
She likes going for
walks.
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4. After adjectives such as nice, sorry, glad, happy, willing, afraid, ashamed,
reluctant, clever, kind, polite:
He is glad to be back.
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4.After certain verbs (consider,
continue, miss, appreciate, avoid, deny, look forward to, confess to, fancy,
involve, mention, risk, spend, mind, regret, admit, suggest, practice,
imagine, prevent, quit, save, etc.) Jessica
spent all day shopping.
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5.After too
and enough
She’s too shy to talk to
the manager.
We’ve got enough money to
buy a new car.
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5.After go for activities. They often go climbing at the weekend.
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6.After it
+ be + adjective (+ of + noun/ pronoun)
It was nice of him to help.
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6.After: it’s
no use, it’s (not) worth, it’s no good, be busy, what’s the use of…?, there
is no point in, can’t help, can’t stand, be/get used to, have difficulty
(in), have trouble.
It’s no use waiting for the bus. It won’t come.
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7.After would
like/ would love/would prefer ( to express specific
preference)
I
would like to learn a foreign language.
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7.After the verbs see,
hear, feel, watch, listen to, notice to describe an incomplete
action, that is to say that somebody saw, heard, etc. only a part of the
action.
I
heard Jack talking on the phone.
BUT: see,
hear, feel, watch, listen to, notice + bear infinitive
describe a complete action, something that somebody saw, heard, etc. from
beginning to end.
I heard
Jack talk on the phone
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8.After only
to express an unsatisfactory result.
He rushed to
the back door only to discover that it was locked.
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8.After the verbs start,
begin, stop, finish, continue.
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9.With expressions: to
tell you the truth, to be honest, to sum up, to begin with
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9.After the verbs
spend, waste, lose (time, money, etc.)
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The bare
infinitive is used: V
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1.After modal verbs (may, should, can,
must)
You
must study hard.
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2. After the verbs let,
make, see, hear, feel.
They
made him pay for the damage.
BUT: be made, be heard, be seen + to-infinitive
(passive) He was made to pay for the
damage.
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3.After had
better/would rather (лучше бы) You had
better sign the contract. I
would rather go home now.
NOTE: 1. Help
is followed by either the to-infinitive or the bear
infinitive. She helped me (to) fix the tap.
2.If two infinitives are joined by
and,
the to of the
second infinitive can be
omitted.
He decided to
go to university and study biology.
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3.We form the negative infinitive with not.
He decided not
to accept the job.
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