INFINITIVES

Infinitives

To form an infinitive, use:

TO + THE BASE FORM OF THE VERB

TO read

TO write

The infinitives are used after certain verbs.

a) Some verbs are followed directly by an infinitive like: learn, decide, agree, etc.
      Lourdes ‘students learned TO WRITE.


b) Some verbs are followed by an object + an infinitive, like: urge, persuade, etc.  
       Lourdes urged her students TO WRITE about their life.


c) Some verbs are followed by an infinitive or an object + an infinitive like: want, ask, need, etc.
Lourdes wanted them TO WRITE their personal life.

· USE THE INFINITIVE AFTER CERTAIN ADJECTIVES LIKE.

Free, able, hard, etc.

Lourdes ´students were free TO WRITE about whatever they wanted.

· USE THE INFINITIVE AFTER CERTAIN NOUNS LIKE:

Ability, freedom, etc.

Lourdes’ students had the freedom to write about whatever they wanted.

GERUNDS

To form a gerund, we must use the base form of the verb + ING.

read + ing = reading

write + ing = writing

We can use the gerunds in a 3 principal ways:

1. Use the gerund as the SUBJECT of a sentence:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      WRITING is very important to Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez                                                                             
2.  Use the gerund as the OBJECT  of a sentence after certain verbs like: enjoy, acknowledge, recall, etc.                                                                                                                                                                                     Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez enjoys WRITING.                                                                                             
3.  Use the gerund after a preposition like: of, in, for, about.                                                                                                                                                                                                Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez is interested in WRITING