2.1. Paco enjoys talking to Paul

Icono IDevice Listening activity: verbs followed by infinitives or by gerunds

When there is a verb followed by another verb, this can be an infinitive or a gerund.

Click on this video and find out examples of verbs that require an infinitive and examples of verbs that need a gerund. There are also other examples with gerunds and infinitives but just focus on verbs! Let's go!

 


Verbs that need to go with an infinitive:

Verbs that need to go with a gerund:

Verbs than can go with both (often depending on meaning):



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Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs:

hope, want, recommend, enjoy, need

1. What do you to do tonight?

2. Do you going to the cinema?

3. I to hear from you soon.

4. We to study hard in order to pass our exams.

5. I reading this book.

  

Icono de iDevice Solved exercise: objects before the infinitive

As you have heard in the video before, there are verbs that are followed by an object first and, then, by the infinitive.

Examples:

I hope to see you soon. (directly the infinitive)

He invited her to go out. (object before the infinitive)

The object can be: me, you, him, her, us and them (they are the OBJECT PRONOUNS), or any other noun.

Which of these verbs can take an object before the infinitive?

learn, allow, fail, begin, warn, advise


Icono de iDevice Reflection: gerund or infinitive with change of meaning
As we have learned so far, there are verbs that can be followed by gerunds but not infinitives (enjoy, recommend, etc) and verbs that can be followed by infinitives but not gerunds (want, decide, plan, need, try, etc). However, there is another type of verbs that can be followed by either gerunds or infinitives, often causing a change in meaning. Let's have a look at some examples:
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He stopped smoking.

He stopped to smoke.

What is the difference in meaning?

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Decide if you can use an object before each verb:

1. He encouraged ________ to study a degree.

a. them
b. (no object possible)



2. I'm planning ______ to go on a day trip.
a. you
b. (no object possible)



3. Paul would like ______ to meet his friends.
a. Paco
b. (no object possible)



It wasn't that difficult, was it? You just need to practice and try to memorize some verbs. Let's continue! In the next section we are dealing with vocabulary related to literature and the cinema!
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