use to + infinitive after question words (who, what, when, where, why, how): i didn’t know what to...
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Use to + infinitive
• After question words (who, what, when, where, why, how):
I didn’t know what to do next.He always knows where to go to have a good
time.
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Use to + infinitive
• When you want to express a reason for something (infinitive of purpose):
I went to the supermarket to buy some food.I visited my friends to have a good time.
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Use to + infinitive
• After adjectives:
This recipe is difficult to make.English is very easy to learn.
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Use to + infinitive
• After some verbs:
• Can’t afford, agree, decide, expect, forget, help, hope, learn, need, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, remember*, seem, try*, want, would like (see SB p. 138)
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Use -ing
• After prepositions:
I’m good at playing tennis.He is fed up with waiting for the bus.
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Use -ing
• In –ing clauses(i.e., when a clause beginning with an –ing verb is the subject of another sentence):
[Eating out] is expensive.[Going to the dentist] is never a good
experience.
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Use -ing
• After some verbs:
• Enjoy, hate, finish, like*, love*, mind, practise, spend, stop*, suggest, phrasal verbs such as go on, give up...
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Like, love, hate
• These verbs accept both to + inifinitive or the gerund, with slightly different emphases:
• I like dancing. (general)• I liked to dance with you at the party. (specific)
• I love swimming. (general)• I love to swim under the moonlight,
surrounded by schools of fluorescent fish. (specific)
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Verbs that accept both possibilities with no change in meaning
• Begin, start, prefer, continue:
I began working here in 2008. I began to work here in 2008.
• ButIt’s starting to rain. It’s starting raining. (it sounds awful)
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Verbs that accept both possibilities
• Remember:
• Remember to lock the door before going to bed.
• I remember seeing Richard this morning.
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Verbs that accept both possibilities
• Forget
• I forgot to lock the door and someone stole my guitar.
• I’ll never forget watching the 2002 World Cup Final.
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Verbs that accept both possibilities
• Try
• Are you stressed? Try listening to heavy metal to relax a little.
• I tried to memorize all the verb patterns, but it was too difficult.
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Verbs that accept both possibilities
• Need
• I need to clean my car.
• =
• My car needs cleaning.
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Verbs that accept both possibilities
• Stop
• I stopped smoking.
• I stopped (working, for example) to smoke.
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Make, let
• make [someone] do something• let [someone] do something
The teacher made us memorize a lot of verb patterns.
My grandmother didn’t let me eat candy before meals.