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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 full infinitive (the verb with "to")

False. We use the gerund.

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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)

True.

False. We use the gerund form of the verb.

False. They go BEFORE the adjectives.

False. We use the bare infinitive.

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

True.

False. We use the gerund (-ing form)

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

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

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

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

False. We use the full infinitive AFTER question words.

True.

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

True

False. To not enter.

False. To enter not.

False. No to enter.

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