UNIT 8 WISH + PAST SIMPLE GERUND AND INFINITIVE WISH + PAST SIMPLE Expressing a wish or a desire to change something out a present or future situation I could speak better FRENCH I WISH IF ONLY Do you wish you passed all your exams? You can use WAS /WERE as the second conditional I WISH the cinema were cheaper IF ONLY GER INFINITIVE GERUND AND Can you translate these • Fumar es malo para la salud – Smoke is sentences into your own bad for your health language? • Le gusta coleccionar sellos They are all – He likes to collect stamps • No soporto comer pescado (can’t stand) wrong!! – I can’t stand eat fish • No me importa caminar pero odio correr – I don’t mind to walk but I hate to run • Estoy cansada de esperarle – I’m tired of wait him • Fumar es malo para la salud – Smoke is bad for your health – Smoking is bad for your health • Le gusta coleccionar sellos – He likes to collect stamps – He likes collecting stamps • No soporto comer pescado (can’t stand) – I can’t stand eat fish – I can’t stand eating fish • No me importa caminar pero odio correr – I don’t mind to walk but I hate to run – I don’t mind walking but I hate running • Estoy cansada de esperarle – I’m tired of wait him – I’m tired of waiting him GERUND • GERUND: ING form of the verb – Subject of a verb • Learning a foreign language is easier at a young age • Smoking is forbidden here – After love/like/hate/prefer…(when it is a object) • I prefer sleeping than studying English Exception!!!!WOULD • I love playing football when it is raining I would like to drink tea – After preposition • She bought the food for feeding the doves – After certain verbs (you have to memorize) • I don’t mind waking up early on Saturday INFINITIVE Can you translate these sentences into your own language? • Trabajo para ganar dinero – I work to earn money • Me sorprendió verle en el cine ayer – I was surprised to seejob!! him at the cinema yesterday Great • Le invité a venir a mi casa – I invited HIM to come to my house • Le aconsejé que diera clases extras – I advised HER to take extra lessons • No podemos permitirnos comprar un coche nuevo – We can’t afford to buy a new car GERUND AND INFINITIVE • INFINITIVE: – When it explains the purpose of an action (in order to) • I work to earn money – After certain verbs (you have to memorize) • I can’t afford to buy a new car, it’s too expensive GERUND AND INFINITIVE • GERUND AND INFINITIVE: Sometimes both of them can be used BEGIN – START – CONTINUE – INTEND • I continue studying/to study the lesson GERUND AND INFINITIVE • GERUND AND INFINITIVE: Others there can be a change in meaning depending on which one we use. STOP – REMEMBER – FORGET • STOP • REMEMBER • FORGET • STOP – I was working and I stop to eat something ( I was hungry) – I stop eating chocolate when I was overweight. (the doctor told me I should do it) • REMEMBER – Remember to buy eggs!!I have to make a cake! ( don’t forget about it!) – She remembers leaving the keys in her bag ( now they are not there, but she can remember the moment she put them inside it) • FORGET – I forgot to close the door ( I didn’t close it) – I forgot talking with Sally in your birthday party ( I can’t remember that moment, I think it never happened) GERUND STOP Not doing anymore She stopped smoking last summer INFINITIVE Stop in order to do something She stopped to smoke, it was his break time REMEMBER FORGET When you remember something that has happened in the past When you think of something that you need to do He remembered drinking at your party He remembered to close the door This is the opposite of remember + gerund. It's when you forget about a memory, something that you've done in the past. This is the opposite of remember + to + infinitive. It's when you want to do something, but you forget about it. I forget giving you the keys (I don’t remember it anymore) I forgot to call my mum! It was her birthday! Gerunds and Infinitives • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Put the verbs in brackets into the gerund or the infinitive. TO FINISH I want ______________ (finish) work early tonight. WAITING I hate ___________ (wait) for buses in the rain. TO MEET I’m going to the café ________________ (meet) Anna. CLIMBING Sam is really good at _________________ (climb). BEING Thank you for ________________ (be) so helpful. LISTENING I enjoy ___________ (listen) to the radio while cooking. MISSING Let’s go now. I’m worried about ___________ (miss) the train. TO HELP 8. He wanted__________________ (help) me. 15 Gerunds and Infinitives TO DO 9. There’s a lot of work __________________ (do) in the new building. 10. ‘What’s this for?’ COOKING ‘It’s for ____________________ (cook) the vegetables.’ PLAYING 11. I really love ___________-_ (play) with the children. SWIMMING 12. _____________________ (swim) is a good form of exercise. DOING 13. I can’t stand __________ (do) the washing-up. TO PASS TESTING (test) 14. We decided__________ (pass) the exam by ________ each other every evening. TO HAVE 15. We were getting tired, so we stopped ________ (have) lunch. TALKING 16. I didn’t remember ____________ (talk) to him about tomorrow’s exam. I didn’t know it! 16 ONLINE ACTIVITIES • https://www.ego4u.com/en/cramup/grammar/infinitive-gerund/exercises?04 • http://www.really-learn-english.com/gerundsand-infinitives-exercises.html#01 • http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzo ne/410/grammar/gerinf1.htm • http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/