2019-02-28 Grammar: gerund vs. infinitive

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
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Homework: p. 111 exercise 4 - Underline the gerund phrase and draw an arrow to the person doing the action.
1 playing - Jeff
2 helping - your
3 looking - Peter
4 taking - Matt
5 spending - John’s
6 having behaved - his
7 leaving - John, not being - he
8 singing and dancing - Norman’s
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When to use Gerunds and Infinitives
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p. 113 Focus 4 - some verbs use the gerund for general statements, but object + infinitive for specific
verb + gerund: My dad doesn’t permit smoking in the house. (no one can smoke in the house)
verb + obj + infinitive: My dad doesn’t permit me to smoke in the house. (I can’t smoke in the house)
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exercise 7 - With your partner, come up with two sentences using your word. One general (with gerund), and the other specific (with infinitive)
1 Stafford House requires everyone to do a test every Monday.
  Stafford House requires doing a test every Monday. / Chicken requires cooking before you can eat it.
2 Beer encourages people to talk with new friends.
  Beer encourages talking with new friends.
3 Ms. Kim urges him to come to school because his attendance is under 80%.
  My teacher urges doing homework everywhere.
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Doctors advise exercising regularly.
My doctor advised me to get one week of bed rest.
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Some verbs change meaning when followed by the gerund or the infinitive.
I stopped to eat fast food. = I stopped something else because I wanted to get some fast food.
I stopped eating fast food. = I used to eat fast food, but then I stopped. I don’t eat it any more.

I stopped to eat. = First I stopped, then I ate. (infinitive = potential, future action)
I stopped eating. = First I ate, then I stopped. (gerund = real, previous action)
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Homework (optional): p. 120 exercise 14 - complete the paragraph with gerunds or infinitives