Share EF Intermediate Unit 8A Infinitives and gerunds
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Use gerund (-ing verb) after ...
adjectives
prepositions
want, need, learn
phrasal verbs
Use gerund as ...
as an adjective
a way to show purpose
all 3 options
the subject of a sentence
Use gerund after these verbs:
need, learn, afford
like, dislike, love, hate
promise, seem, want
start, finish, stop
Use infinitive with to ...
to: not use gerund
to: sound more American
to: say why you do something
to: sound more polite
My parents didn't let me ________________ to the concert.
to go
to going
go
going
It was raining, but we kept ________________ under the rain.
to walking
to walk
walking
walk
My mum didn't remember ___________________ babel to tell them I was ill.
to phoning
phone
phoning
to phone
Roger is responsible for ... the Zoom meeting.
to hack
hack
hacking
to hacking
__________________ what to do in a difficult situation makes angry.
Knowing
Not to know
Not knowing
To know
Núria promised ______________________ again in an exam.
cheating
not to cheat
not cheat
not cheating
Paula carried on ... even though the time for the exam had alredy finished.
answer
to answer
answering
to answering
