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Remembering the rules with verb patterns

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The gerund (-ing form of a verb) is used when we make a verb the subject of a sentence.

False. A verb can never be a subject of a sentence.

True

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The gerund form comes BEFORE a preposition.

Ture

False. It comes after prepositions.

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The negative form of the gerund looks like "not to having"

True

False. It would be "not having"

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AFTER the auxiliary verb "do" (in all of its forms), we use the bare infinitive (the verb without "to").

True.

False. We use the gerund.

False. We use the full infinitive (the verb with "to")

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Modal verbs (such as might, may, can, etc.) will always have a full infinitive (verb with "to") after them.

False. They will have the bare infinitive(verb without "to")

False. They will have the gerund form of a verb after.

True

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We use full infinitives (verb with "to") AFTER adjectives. (ex: important to arrive)

False. We use the bare infinitive.

False. They go BEFORE the adjectives.

True.

False. We use the gerund form of the verb.

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We use the full infinitive (verb with "to") when we need to express the reason or purpose of something.

False. We use the gerund (-ing form)

False. We use the bare infinitive (verb without "to").

True.

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We use the full infinitive (verb with "to") BEFORE question words.

True.

False. We use the full infinitive AFTER question words.

False. We use the bare infinitive (verb without "to").

False. We use the gerund (-ing form of the verb).

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The negative form of the full infinitive is like this: "not to enter".

False. To not enter.

True

False. To enter not.

False. No to enter.

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