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English: 2Bac (All Streams)

Unit 1 (Youth: Potential and Challenges)
Grammar : Gerund or infinitive

 

 

Professeur : Mme ZAARA Asmae

 

Summary

 

I- Course

1-1/ Introduction

1-2/ Gerund

1-3/ To infinitive

1-4/ Infinitive

1-5/ Gerund = To infinitive

1-6/ Gerund Vs To infinitive

II- Practice 1

III- Practice 2

IV- Previous National Exams items on Gerund and Infinitive

 

I- Course

 

1-1/ Introduction

 

To infinitive: to swim to go to have to study to be ...etc
Infinitive swim go have study be ...etc
Gerund swimming going having studying being ...etc

 

 

1-2/ Gerund

 

Uses

Examples

1) Subject :

At the beginning of a sentence.
  • Dancing is fun.
  • Smoking destroys health.
  • Chatting wastes time.

2) After Prepositions :

in, on, at, of, for, with, without, before,after, by, about
  • I am interested in understanding this lesson,
  • Instead of studying for her exam, she went out.

3) After Verbs :

enjoy, avoid, keep, mind, miss, practice, suggest,
imagine, finish, waste, postpone, discuss, spend.
  • I enjoy watching football on TV.
  • She suggested going to the beach.

4) After Expressions:

It's no use / It's no good / It's not worth
can't help / can't stand / can't resist
look forward to / long for
be busy, be used to, feel like.
  • I can’t stand studying in a noisy place.
  • He is used to living alone.

 

 

1-3/ To infinitive

 

Uses

Examples

1) After Adjectives :

happy, good, bad, difficult, easy, nice,
important, possible, dangerous...etc
  • This lesson is easy to understand.
  • It is important to revise your lessons.
  • I'm happy to be here today.

2)After Verbs :

agree, appear / seem, decide, hope, learn, offer,
plan / intend, tell, advise, ask, encourage,
choose, expect, need / want, promise, refuse.
  • They decided to buy a new house.
  • She agreed to marry him
  • He wants to be an engineer.

3) After Expressions :

would like, can afford, how, what
  • I would like to visit New York one day.
  • I have only 30.000 DH, I can't afford to buy a new car.

 

 

1-4/ Infinitive

 

Uses

Examples

1)After Modals :

can, could, will, shall, should, may, might, must,
have to, has to, had to, needn't, had better, ought to
  • We must respect each other.
  • I may meet my friends this evening.

2)After Verbs and expressions :

help, recommend, let’s, let, would rather, used to
  • Let's go to the cinema next weekend.
  • I used to play football every day.

 

 

1-5/ Gerund = To infinitive

begin, start, like, love, prefer, hate, continue...

  • She started studying English.
  • She started to study English.

 

  • I like watching films at the cinema.
  • I like to watch films at the cinema.

 

 

1-6/ Gerund Vs To infinitive

Example 1
  1. He stopped smoking. (The man was a smoker before but now he isn't any more.)
  2. He stopped to smoke. (The man was doing something and he stopped it because he wanted to smoke.)
Example 2
  1. Don't forget to meet her tomorrow. (You should meet her tomorrow.)
  2. I'll never forget meeting her for the first time. (I'll never forget what happened when I met her for the first time.)

 

II- Practice 1

 

Write the verbs between brackets in the correct form :

  1. She has a bad stomach-ache . She had better (see) ___________________ a doctor.
  1. The teacher asked the student to be quiet, but he kept on (talk) ___________________ .
  1. We might (travel) ___________________ somewhere next weekend.
  1. They used to (live) ___________________ in Casablanca. Now they live in Marrakech
  1. I think he would like (stay) ___________________ with us.
  1. I started (collect) ___________________ stamps many years ago.
  1. It’s no good (explain) ___________________ a lesson again if all students understood it.
  1. My grandfather can't stand (live) ___________________ in a noisy area.
  1. They enjoy (spend) ___________________ their holidays in Spain.
  1. Would you mind (be) ___________________ quiet ?

 

III- Practice 2

 

Write the verbs between brackets in the correct form :

  1. They decided (travel) ___________________ to Spain this summer.
  2. We must (give) ___________________ youths equal opportunities for education.
  3. My little brother is good at (play) ___________________ computer games.
  4. This exercise is easy (do) ___________________ .
  5. Yesterday I was driving home. When i saw the accident, I stopped (see) ___________________ what was happening.
  6. Nada must prepare for her exams. So, she stopped (chat) ___________________ with her friends.
  7. "Can you show me how (use) ___________________ this mobile ?" Karim asked his friend.
  8. (read) ___________________ is my favourite hobby.
  9. Your computer is good. It's no use (buy) ___________________ a new one.
  10. "Would you like (watch) ___________________ a movie with me ?" Sara told her friend.

 

IV- Previous National Exams items on Gerund and Infinitive

 

1) Would you mind ___________________ the boss tomorrow.
(call - calling - to call)

2) Oliver enjoys ___________________ to rap music.
(to listen - listen - listening)

3) Stephanie stopped ___________________ when she realised that she had breathing problems.
(smoke - smoking - smoked)

4) Latifa will join us for dinner when she finishes ___________________ the baby.
(feeding - feed - to feed)

5) Do you enjoy ___________________ mysteries or science fiction books?
(read - reading - to read)

6) Jamal ___________________ do part time jobs when he was a student.
(was used to - used to -used)

7) Hassan is looking forward to ___________________ the new car he has just ordered.
(drive - driving - has driven)

8) You've lost too much weight, you’d better ___________________ a doctor.
(see - seeing - to see)

9) Try to avoid ___________________ food that contains too much fat.
(to eat - eating - eat)

10) My aunt promised ___________________ me when she gets to Amsterdam.
(calling - to call - call)

11) Don’t forget ___________________ me a call when you get home.
(to give - giving - give)

 

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