1r Batxillerat. Units 3 and 5

Gerunds and Infinitives

Which is correct? Why?

1. To read / Reading helps you learn English.

2. She always dreams about to go / going on holiday.

3. She suggested to go / going on holiday.

Which is correct? Why?

1. To read / Reading helps you learn English.

Subject of the sentence

Which is correct? Why?

2. She always dreams about to go / going on holiday.

After prepositions

Which is correct? Why?

3. She suggested to go / going on holiday.

After certain verbs (list)

Which is correct? Why?

1. You study to have / having a better future.

2. I was happy helping / to help them3. Both teachers and students must be / being fair4. We can’t afford to buy / buying a new car

Which is correct? Why?

1. You study to have / having a better future.

To express purpose

Which is correct? Why?

2. I was happy helping / to help them

After adjectives

This is too cold to drink.

Which is correct? Why?

3. Both teachers and students must be / being fair

Without ‘to’ after modal verbs

Which is correct? Why?

4. We can’t afford to buy / buying a new car

After certain verbs

Translate:

3. Nosaltres evitem menjar hamburgueses.

1. Jugar a tennis és saludable.

2. Ella és molt bona jugant a escacs.

4. Van decidir venir a la festa.

5. Aquest exercici és fàcil de fer.

Translate:

1. Playing tennis is healthy.

Translate:

1. Playing tennis is healthy.

2. She’s very good at playing chess.

Translate:

3. We avoid eating hamburgers.

1. Playing tennis is healthy.

2. She’s very good at playing chess.

Translate:

3. We avoid eating hamburgers.

1. Playing tennis is healthy.

2. She’s very good at playing chess.

4. They decided to come to the party.

Translate:

3. We avoid eating hamburgers.

1. Playing tennis is healthy.

2. She’s very good at playing chess.

4. They decided to come to the party.

5. This exercise is easy to do.

Forget Forget + ing (refers to a past action)I’ll never forget meeting my favourite writer.  Forget + to + infinitive (refers to things that one still has or

had to do at the moment of remembering)

Don’t forget to take your books when you come!

He forgot to buy the food.

Stop I stopped running (you stopped the action)

I stopped to rest (in order to rest)