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hello and welcome to this gern's and
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infinitives video from perfect
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englishgrammar
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tocom this video has three parts first
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we'll look at gern second we'll look at
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two plus infinitive and third we'll look
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at the bare infinitive gerand a gerand
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is the ing form of the verb for example
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playing running going
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being we use a gerand after certain V
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verbs instead of a noun after
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prepositions let's look at after certain
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verbs for example the sentence I enjoy
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reading the first verb is enjoy you can
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use any normal tense for
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example I'm enjoying reading he enjoyed
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reading they were enjoying
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reading she has enjoyed reading you'll
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enjoy reading we've been enjoying
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reading
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after enjoy the second verb is always in
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the gerand here are more verbs that take
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the gerand fancy I fancy seeing a film
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tonight discuss we discussed going on
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holiday together dislike I dislike
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waiting for buses finish we finished
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preparing for the meeting mind I don't
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mind coming
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early suggest he suggested staying at
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the Grand Hotel recommend they
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recommended meeting earlier keep he kept
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working although he felt ill avoid she
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avoided talking to her
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boss another way we use a gerand is
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instead of a noun for example smoking
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isn't allowed here swimming is very good
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exercise a third way we use a gerand is
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after
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prepositions I drank a cup of coffee
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before leaving it's a good idea to brush
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your teeth after
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eating we also use the gerand after the
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preposition in phrasal verbs for example
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I gave up smoking two plus infinitive we
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use two plus
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infinitive after certain verbs after
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many
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adjectives to show purpose
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let's look at after certain verbs it's
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the same as with the gerand for example
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let's look at the sentence he decided to
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leave early the first verb decide can be
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in any tense the second verb after
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decide is always with to and the
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infinitive here are some more verbs that
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take two plus infinitive agree she
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agreed to give a presentation at the
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meeting ask she asked to leave early
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some verbs can take an object before the
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two so we can choose to say she asked
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him to leave early as well help he
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helped to clean the kitchen plan she
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plans to buy a new flat next year hope I
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hope to pass the exam learn they are
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learning to sing want I want to come to
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the party would like I would like to see
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her
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tonight promise we promised not to be
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late notice that we make a negative by
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putting not before to and infinitive
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pleased she's pleased to have a new
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job we use two plus infinitive after
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many
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adjectives for example happy I'm happy
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to see you right
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she was right to leave early wrong they
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were wrong to spend so much money
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careful the teacher was careful to speak
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clearly lucky he was lucky to survive
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the crash likely it's likely to snow
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tonight we use two plus infinitive to
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show purpose we often use two plus
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infinitive to say why we do something I
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came to London to
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study this means I came to London
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because I wanted to study here's another
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example I went home to have lunch be
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careful I went home for have lunch is
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not
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correct some verbs can take either the
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gerand or 2 plus infinitive with no
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change in meaning for example it started
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to rain means the same thing as it
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started
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raining here are some more verb like
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this continue I continued to work I
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continued working begin she began to
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sing she began
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singing prefer I prefer eating at home I
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prefer to eat at home on the other hand
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some verbs can take either the gerand or
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two plus infinitive but there is a big
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change in
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meaning for example stop stop Plus jand
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is used when the thing that you stop is
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the second verb stop plus 2 plus
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infinitive is used when you stop
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something else in order to do the verb
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let's look at an example stop with Geren
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I stopped working he stopped smoking she
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stopped studying in all these cases the
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person stops doing the verb so in the
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first example working is the thing that
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I stopped on the other hand when we use
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stop plus two plus infinitive for
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example I stop to have lunch this means
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that I stop doing something else perhaps
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working because I wanted to have
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lunch
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remember we use remember plus the gerand
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about memories of the past and we use
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remember plus two plus infinitive when
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someone has to remember something that
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they have to do for example remember
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plus gerand he remembers going to the
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seaside when he was six this means he
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has the memory in his head he can watch
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it like a movie on the other hand
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remember two plus infinitive please
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remember to buy milk this means that the
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person needs to have a thought about
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milk when he passes the shop here's
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another example I remember locking the
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door this means I can see myself doing
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this in my
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head I remembered to bring you a book
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before I left my house I had a thought
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about your book and so I put it in my
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bag we use try plus two plus infinitive
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when we don't succeed in doing the verb
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and we use try plus jand when we do the
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verb but it doesn't help us in some
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other
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goal let's look at an example with try
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plus two plus infinitive I tried to open
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the window but it was too heavy
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this means I didn't succeed in opening
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the window I wanted to open the window
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but I
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couldn't on the other hand when we use
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try and the gerand for example I tried
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opening the window but the room was
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still too hot this means that I opened
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the window
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easily as an experiment to see if it
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would make the room cooler but it didn't
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work I didn't succeed in my goal of
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making the room
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cooler let's look at another example I
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tried to eat salad every day but I
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couldn't I often chose Pizza instead
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this person wanted to eat salad eating
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salad is the goal but he didn't succeed
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the pizza looked too
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delicious on the other hand with the
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gerand for example I tried eating salad
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every day but I didn't lose any weight
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the person ate salad every day it was
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easy but it didn't help him lose weight
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losing weight is the goal
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here for a complete list of these verbs
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go to perfect englishgrammar
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docomo bare
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infinitive we use the bare infinitive
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after modal verbs after let make and
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help after some verbs of
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perception after expressions with
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why we use the bare infinitive after
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modal verbs
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the modal verbs are can could will would
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May might shall should and must here are
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some
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examples she can speak great English we
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could go to the
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cinema they will be
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late I would like a new
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laptop it may rain at the weekend I
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might be late home today shall we meet
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at eight
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he really should study more you must try
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the new restaurant there's one exception
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art which takes two plus infinitive I
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ought to visit my
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granny we use the bare infinitive after
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let make and help let let's go let John
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do it let is always followed by an
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object and the bare infinitive make
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Julie made John cry the teacher made us
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write an essay the music made him want
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to
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dance but be careful in the passive make
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takes two plus infinitive he was made to
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open his case help help sometimes takes
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two plus infinitive and sometimes takes
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the bare infinitive there's no
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difference in meaning so you can say I
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helped her to carry it or I helped her
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carry it both are f
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time we use the bare infinitive after
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some verbs of
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perception we can use either the bare
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infinitive or the gerand with many verbs
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of perception the meaning is slightly
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different depending on which one we
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choose let's take c as an
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example I saw her cross the road this
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means I saw the whole action from start
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to finish on the other hand I saw her
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crossing the Road this means I saw part
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of the action not the whole thing other
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similar verbs include watch hear feel
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and
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sense we use the bare infinitive after
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expressions with why for example why go
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home early why study English why not
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live in London for more information and
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exercises about gerns and infinitives
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pleas please go to perfect
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englishgrammar
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tocom slgn and infinitives thanks for
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watching
