ING ? INFINITIVE?OR BOTH?

• -ING FORM :

Verb + ing

DOING/SINGING/PLAYING

• INFINITIVE FORM :

TO DO/ TO SING/ TO PLAY

INFINITIVE

CERTAIN VERBS ARE FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVE:- forget, help, learn, teach, train- choose, expect, hope, need, offer, want, would like- agree, encourage, pretend, promise, recommend- allow, can/can't afford, decide, manage, mean, refuse

INFINITIVE

EXAMPLES:

I DECIDED TO STUDY HARDER THIS SEMESTER.

I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR. I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO LONDON ON

MY NEXT VACATION.

-ING FORM

CERTAIN VERBS ARE FOLLOWED BY THE –ING - avoid, dislike, enjoy, finish, give up, mind/not mind

-ING FORM

EXAMPLES:

I DON’T MIND WAKING UP EARLY. I ENJOY TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS. JANET HAS FINISHED DOING

HOMEWORK.

-ING FORM

THE -ING FORM IS USED AFTER PREPOSITIONS:

Thinking of, look forward to

EXAMPLES: JOHN IS THINKING OF CHANGING JOBS. HANNAH LOOKS FORWARD TO

GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

-ING FORM/INFINITIVE

SOME VERBS CAN BE FOLLOWED BY THE -ING FORM OR THE INFINITIVE WITHOUT A CHANGE IN MEANING:

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

• KEN STARTED TO DO THE TEST AT TWO.

• KEN STARTED DOING THE TEST AT TWO.

-ING FORM/INFINITIVE

SOME VERBS CAN BE FOLLOWED BY THE -ING FORM OR THE INFINITIVE, BUT THERE IS A CHANGE IN MEANING:

• JACK STOPPED SMOKING.(HE DOESN’T SMOKE ANYMORE.)

• JACK STOPPED TO SMOKE.(HE STOPPED WHATEVER HE WAS DOING TO SMOKE.)