Jerónimo's Lesson

Past perfect, gerunds and infinitives

Infinitives

We use INFINITIVES:

• To explain why somebody does something.
• Immediatey after adjectives (good, bad, beautiful).
• After certain verbs (want, learn, agree, decide, expect, hope, seem, try, would like).

I’m happy to be here.

Mom left to buy milk.

I want to work for the government.

I'm really tired. I'm ready to go to bed.

Gerunds

We use GERUNDS:

• As the subject of a sentence.
• After prepositions (in, on, at).
• After verbs of liking and disliking (enjoy, love, like, dislike, hate, don't mind, can't stand).
• Verb go + physical activity (go swimming).