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.
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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!
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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/