Teacher Stumpers Gerunds_infinitives

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This is a short presentation on using gerunds and infinitives with remember and forget. You can read the full transcript and movie at Englishspark.com This presentation was made by Neal Chambers, currently teaching in Osaka, Japan.

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When do I use gerunds and when do I use infinitives?

Gerunds (~ing form) : 

Gerunds (~ing form) like : liking, fish : fishing, run : running, shop : shopping, dance : dancing, sing : singing Infinitive (to-infinitive, base or dictionary form) like : to like, fish : to fish, run : to run, shop : to shop, dance : to dance, sing : to sing

Subject + verb + (gerund/infinitive) : 

Subject + verb + (gerund/infinitive) I like (fishing/to fish)

Remember + To-Infinitive(thinking about the future at the time you are remembering) : 

Remember + To-Infinitive(thinking about the future at the time you are remembering) I remembered to lock the door. (I wanted to lock the door and I did. I remembered.) Remember + Gerund(thinking about the past at the time you are remembering) I remember walking to school in the snow. (now, I'm remembering that time. The time (in the past) I was walking to school in the snow.)

Forget + To-Infinitive(Thinking about a future action at the time of forgetting) : 

Forget + To-Infinitive(Thinking about a future action at the time of forgetting) I forgot to lock the door. (In the past, I forgot an action. That action was locking the door.) Forget + Gerund(thinking about the past at the time you are forgetting) I forgot locking the door. (I locked the door. After locking the door, I forgot about the action.)

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Learn more about EnglishSpark:http://www.englishspark.com Neal ChambersTeacher Contributertwitter: @nealchambers