Gerund and Infinitive
Infinitive
Use
Certain words are followed by an infinite verb with or without ‘to’.
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Example
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To know you is to love you.
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Why
not go
to the cinema?
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I can
swim.
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He wants
to swim.
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They don’t know how to swim.
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He made
her swim.
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They wanted
him to
swim.
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It’s easier
to swim
downstream.
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We made a promise
to swim.
(derived from the verb ‘to
promise’)
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Gerund
Form
ing form of the verbExceptions in Spelling
See → Present Progressive – ExceptionsUse
Certain words are followed by an Ing-Form.
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as the subject of a clause
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Cycling
is good for your health.
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He’s afraid
of going
by plane.
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Before
going
to bed he turned off the lights.
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I enjoy
cooking.
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I am looking
forward to seeing
you again.
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We had problems
finding
our way back home.
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Words followed either by Infinitive or Ing-Form
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Example
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I started to read. / I started reading.
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She forbids us to talk. / She forbids talking.
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He stopped to smoke. / He stopped smoking.
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I saw him go up the stairs. / I saw him going up the
stairs.
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QUESTION TAGS
Use
frequently used in spoken English when you want s.o. to agree or disagreeForm
positive statement ->question tag negative - You are Tom, aren't you?negative statement->question tag positive - He isn't Joe, is he?
Examples
with auxiliariesYou've got a car, haven't you?
without auxiliaries (use: don't, doesn't, didn't)
They play football on Sundays, don't they?
She plays football on Sundays, doesn't she?
They played football on Sundays, didn't they?
Questions tags are used to keep a conversation going. You can agree or refuse to a sentence with a question tag.
You go to school, don't
you?
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You agree.
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You refuse.
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Yes, I do.
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No, I don't.
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You aren't from Germany, are you?
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You agree.
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You refuse.
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No, I'm not.
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Yes, I am.
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Questions tags - Special
Although the negative word not is not in the sentence, the sentence can be negative. Then we use the "positive" question tag.
He never goes out with his dog, does he?
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We have a car, _____?
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We have a car, haven't
we?
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We have a car, don't
we?
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mostly British English
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mostly American English
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Open
the window, will you?
Open the window, would you? |
Don't open your
books, will you?
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Open
the window, won't you?
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Let's take
the next bus, shall we?
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We must be at home at 8
pm, mustn't we?
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Yes, we must.
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No, we needn't.
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Procedure adding a question tag
Look at the sentence.
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Is an auxiliary or a form of to be in the sentence?
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yes
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no
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auxiliary or form of to be affirmative
-> negate auxiliary (add n't) auxiliary or form of to be negative -> (delete n't) |
affirmative sentence
-> Negate sentence (e.g. don't; doesn't; didn't) negative sentence -> (delete n't) |
2
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Is a personal pronoun the subject of the sentence?
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yes
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no
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Use the personal pronoun.
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Form the personal pronoun.
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3
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Complete the sentence.
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Example 1: He can play football,
________.
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Is an auxiliary or a form of to be in the sentence?
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yes -> can
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auxiliary or form of to be affirmative
-> negate auxiliary (add n't) can't |
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2
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Is a personal pronoun the subject of the sentence?
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yes
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Use the personal pronoun.
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3
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He can play football,
can't he?
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Example 2: Peter can play football,
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Is an auxiliary or a form of to be in the sentence?
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yes -> can
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auxiliary or form of to be affirmative
-> negate auxiliary (add n't) can't |
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2
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Is a personal pronoun the subject of the sentence?
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no
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Form the personal pronoun.
Peter -> he |
3
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Peter can play football,
can't he?
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Example 3: Peter plays football,
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Is an auxiliary or a form of to be in the sentence?
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no
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affirmative sentence
-> Negate the verb. verb plays -> Negation: doesn't play We only use the auxiliary doesn't. |
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Is a personal pronoun the subject of the sentence?
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no
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Form the personal pronoun.
Peter -> he |
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Peter plays football,
doesn't he?
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Relative pronoun
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A relative pronoun links two clauses into a single complex clause. It is similar in function to a subordinating conjunction. Unlike a conjunction, however, a relative pronoun stands in place of a noun. Compare:
(1) This is a house. Jack
built this house.
(2) This is the house that
Jack built.
Sentence (2) consists of two clauses, a main clause (This is the house)
and a relative clause (that Jack built). The word that is a
relative pronoun. Within the relative clause, the relative pronoun stands for
the noun phrase it references in the main clause (its antecedent), and is one of the arguments
of the verb in the relative clause. In the example, the argument is the
house, the direct object of built.Other arguments can be relativised using relative pronouns:
Subject: Hunter is the boy who
kissed Jessica.
Indirect object: Hunter is the
boy to whom Jessica gave a gift.
Adpositional complement: Jack
built the house in which I now live. (and similarly with prepositions and
prepositional phrases in general, for example These are the walls in between
which Jack ran.)
Possessor: Jack is the boy whose
friend built my house.
In some languages, such as German
and Latin, which
have noun declensions, the relative pronoun will often agree with its
antecedent in gender and number, while the case may indicate its relationship
with the verb in the relative clause. In most other languages, the relative
pronoun is an invariable word.The words used as relative pronouns are often words which originally had other functions: for example, the English which is also an interrogative word. This suggests that relative pronouns might be a fairly late development in many languages. Some languages, such as Welsh, do not have relative pronouns.
In English and German, different pronouns are sometimes used if the antecedent is a human being, as opposed to a non-human or an inanimate object (as in who/that).
(5) This is a bank. This bank
accepted my identification.
(6) She is a bank teller. She
helped us open an account.
With the relative pronouns, sentences (5) and (6) would read like this:
(7) This is the bank that
accepted my identification.
(8) She is the bank teller who
helped us open an account.
In sentences (7) and (8), the words that and who are the
relative pronouns. The word that is used because the bank is a thing;
the word who is used because "she" is a person.Too and enough
Form
too + adjective or adverbtoo much/many + noun
adjective or adverb + enough
enough + noun
Functions and examples
1. We use 'too' to mean more than sufficient or more than necessary.It's too late to stop him.
Jerry was too young to watch the movie.
There are too many people on this train, there's nowhere to sit.
You have too much money, give some to me.
2. We use 'enough' to mean sufficient and in a negative sentence to mean less than sufficient or less than necessary.
You're not working fast enough, you won't finish on time.
Your clothes are big enough to fit me.
Have you got enough money to buy me a drink?
Sorry, I haven't got enough food for everyone.
Important points
1. We can use 'enough' without a noun if the meaning is clear.There's a lot of food but not enough for everyone.
2. We use 'enough of' or 'too much/many of' before pronouns and determiners.
Not enough of my friends are coming to the party.
You've eaten too many of those cakes.
3. We can replace 'enough' with 'the' before a noun.
I don't have the money to go on holiday.
His company doesn't have the resources to do the job.
4. We can use 'time' or 'room' alone to mean 'enough time' or 'enough room'.
Is there room in your car for one more person?
Do we have time for a coffee?
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