Таблица Герундий и инфинитив

GERUND

Герундий

INFINITIVE

Инфинитив

INFINITIVE without TO

Инфинитив без частицы to

1. After prepositions

She is good at playing games.

1.After adjectives

My house is easy to walk to from town.

1. After any modal verbs:

would, could, might, must, should, etc.

He should see a doctor.

2.The subject of the sentence

Smoking is bad for your health.

2. To express purpose

She is saving money to travel.

2. After verbs:

let, make, see, hear, feel

I made him take out the garbage.

3. After some verbs (verbs of preference):

hate, like, love, enjoy, don`t mind, prefer, dislike.

I don`t mind running in the rain.

3. After some verbs:

agree, appear, decide, expect, hope, plan, promise, refuse, want.

I want to ride my bike.

3. After expressions:

would rather (not), had better (not)

You had better book early.

4.After verbs:

admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, continue, deny, fancy, go (for activities), imagine, mind, miss, quit, save, suggest, practice, prevent.

I suggest eating out tonight.

4. After expressions:

would like, would love, would prefer,

I would love to go to the theatre tonight.

5.After expressions:

be busy, it`s no use, it`s (not) worth, there`s no point (in), what`s the use of, can`t help, can`t stand, have difficulty (in), look forward to, object to.

I look forward to seeing you next week

5. After expressions:

to tell you the truth, to be honest, to sum up, to begin with.

To tell you the truth, I didn`t really think they`d win.

6.After verbs:

spend, waste, lose (time, money and etc.)

Don`t waste time trying to fix this.

6. After too/enough:

It is too cold to go swimming.