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

Do you wish you passed all your exams?You can use WAS /WERE as the second

conditional the cinema were cheaper

I WISHIF ONLY

I WISHIF ONLY

GERGERUND AND INFINITIVE

• Fumar es malo para la salud– Smoke is bad for your health

• Le gusta coleccionar sellos–He likes to collect stamps

• No soporto comer pescado (can’t stand)– 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

Can you translate these sentences into your own language?

They are all

wrong!!

• 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 • I love playing football when it is raining

– 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

Exception!!!!WOULDI would like to drink tea

INFINITIVE

• Trabajo para ganar dinero– I work to earn money

• Me sorprendió verle en el cine ayer– I was surprised to see him at the cinema yesterday

• 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

Can you translate these sentences into your own language?

Great job!!

• 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

GERUND AND INFINITIVE

• 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 INFINITIVE

STOP Not doing anymoreShe stopped smoking last summer

Stop in order to do somethingShe stopped to smoke, it was his break time

REMEMBER When you remember something that has happened in the pastHe remembered drinking at your party

When you think of something that you need to doHe remembered to close the door

FORGET This is the opposite of remember + gerund. It's when you forget about a memory, something that you've done in the past.I forget giving you the keys (I don’t remember it anymore)

This is the opposite of remember + to + infinitive. It's when you want to do something, but you forget about it.I forgot to call my mum! It was her birthday!

Gerunds and Infinitives• Put the verbs in brackets into the gerund or the infinitive.1. I want ______________ (finish) work early tonight.2. I hate ___________ (wait) for buses in the rain.3. I’m going to the café ________________ (meet) Anna.4. Sam is really good at _________________ (climb).5. Thank you for ________________ (be) so helpful.6. I enjoy ___________ (listen) to the radio while cooking.7. Let’s go now. I’m worried about ___________ (miss) the

train.8. He wanted__________________ (help) me.

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WAITING

TO MEET

CLIMBING

BEING

LISTENING

MISSING

TO HELP

TO FINISH

Gerunds and Infinitives9. There’s a lot of work __________________ (do) in the new

building.10. ‘What’s this for?’ ‘It’s for ____________________ (cook) the vegetables.’11. I really love ___________-_ (play) with the children.12. _____________________ (swim) is a good form of exercise.13. I can’t stand __________ (do) the washing-up.14. We decided__________ (pass) the exam by ________ (test)

each other every evening.15. We were getting tired, so we stopped ________ (have) lunch.16. I didn’t remember ____________ (talk) to him about

tomorrow’s exam. I didn’t know it!

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SWIMMING

DOING

TO PASS TESTING

TO HAVE

TALKING

TO DO

COOKING

PLAYING

ONLINE ACTIVITIES

• https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund/exercises?04

• http://www.really-learn-english.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercises.html#01

• http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/gerinf1.htm

• http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/