1. Teacher: Rubén J. Toranzo
TNB 08

2. What’s a gerund and what’s an infinitive?
He suggested going to the cinema.
I would like to travel to Argentina next month.

3. Gerunds or Infinitives ??
Gerunds Infinitives
 Avoid  Quit  Agree  Plan
 Can´t stand  Suggest  Be sure  Seem
 Discuss  Can´t help  Choose  Want
 Dislike  Consider  Decide  Wish
 Enjoy  Finish  Expect  Would like
 Feel like  Hope  Promise
 Mind  Learn  Refuse
 Practice  Need

4. Gerunds or Infinitives ??
Gerunds Examples
 Avoid  Quit  He has to avoid eating sugar.
 Can´t stand  Suggest  I can´t stand watching sad
movies.
 Discuss  Can´t help
 They have discussed buying a
 Dislike  Consider new car.
 Enjoy  Finish  Tom dislikes traveling by bus.
 Feel like  My friend will enjoy reading
 Mind this book.
 Practice  He didn´t feel like going to
the cinema.

5. Gerunds or Infinitives ??
Infinitives Examples
 Agree  Plan  Tom didn’t agree to have the
meeting tomorrow.
 Be sure  Seem  I decided to buy a new car.
 Choose  Want  She has learned to cook
Chinese food.
 Decide  Wish  Mary would like to find a new
 Expect  Would like job.
 Hope  Promise  You promised to help me
with the homework.
 Learn  Refuse  All my family is planning to
 Need travel to U.S.A. on our next
vacation.

6. Gerunds or Infinitives ??
Gerunds Infinitives

7. Gerunds or Infinitives
Gerunds Your examples
 Mind (Simple Past)
 Practice (Question)
 Quit (Present Perfect)
 Suggest (Future – will)
 Can´t help (…)
 Consider ( Be going to)
 Finish (Present Cont.)

8. Gerunds or Infinitives
Infinitives Your examples
 Be sure (Imperative)
 Choose (Negative)
 Expect (Future - will)
 Hope (Simple Past)
 Need (Simple Present)
 Want (Present Perfect)
 Refuse (Question)

9. Gerunds and Infinitives
Both Gerunds and
Examples
Infinitives
 Begin  He began to work/ working
 Continue last month.
 Hate  I will start to do/ doing my
 Like
homework in 5 minutes.
 Love
 Prefer
 Start