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Slide 1: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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