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Verbs + Gerunds - Coggle Diagram
Verbs + Gerunds
We use the gerund:
As a noun (subject): Cheating is widespread in colleges today.
After a preposition: I´m tired of waiting you.
After to express an long/incomplete action, or action progress: I saw them kissing in the park.
After spend /waste + time money: I want to spend more time playing with my kids.
After certain verbs: admit, avoid, deny, enjoy, ency, fancy, feel like, finish, among others.
We use the infinitive with to:
To express purpose: I´ll call her to tell what happened.
After certain adjectives: I´m glad to know you passed the test.
After it+ be+ adjective (+noun/pronoun): It´s fantastic to be here.
After nouns that come from verbs with to infinitive: Nobody liked the decision to increase taxes.
After would like, would love, would hate, would prefer: I´d love to see the views from the top.
In certain expressions (to be honest, to tell you the thruth, to begin with, etc: To be honest, I didn´t to go to the conference.
After expressions with quantifiers (enough, too, too, much, a lot, etc): You are too young to be here.
After something, anything, someone, anyone, somewhere, etc: There´s nothing to do in this town.
After questions words: what, where, who, etc: We don´t know where to go.
After superlatives and first, second etc: He is the best to ever play in Scotland.
After certain verbs, afford, agree, appear, arrange, be able to, choose, decide, deserve, etc.
We use the infinitive without to:
After modal verbs: He should be home by now.
After make/let/help + object: He made them wait outside for more than an hour.
After had better/would rather/would sooner: You´d better no say anything.
After her, listen, notice, see, to express a short or complete action: I saw them kiss, (I saw the action from start to end. It was probably a short kiss).