LISTENING to music is very relaxing. Is this sentence RIGHT or WRONG?
RIGHT. This verb is the SUBJECT of the sentence.
SMOKING or SMOKE cigarettes is not permitted in the restaurant. Which VERB is correct?
SMOKING. This verb is the SUBJECT of the sentence.
I enjoy SHOPPING/ SHOP/ TO SHOP for shoes.
SHOPPING. This is the DIRECT OBJECT of a VERB.
My dream is TO WIN/ WIN/ WINNING the lottery one day.
TO WIN. This is a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT.
I LIKE DRIVING = I LIKE TO DRIVE. Are the sentences CORRECT or INCORRECT?
CORRECT
The CORRECT form is: "I'm happy BEING here." or "I'm happy TO BE here."
"I'm happy TO BE here." = Adjectives can be followed by INFINITIVES, not by GERUNDS.
Thanks for COME / COMING/ TO COME today.
Thanks FOR COMING today. = Prepositions can be followed by GERUNDS, not infinitives.
We study English BECOMING / TO BECOME bilingual.
...TO BECOME... = to state the purpose of an action.
It's a good day HAVE fun/ HAVING fun / TO HAVE fun.
...TO HAVE FUN. = to state a fact or an opinion with an impersonal "it" + infinitive
It's too late APOLOGIZE/ TO APOLOGIZE/ APOLOGIZING.
... TO APOLOGIZE. = TOO + ADJECTIVES + INFINITIVE
