He would have been reading a book if he had had time. Conditional Perfect Progressive. A book is being read. Present Progressive → Passive. A book was being read. Past Progressive → Passive. 2. Gerund. The Gerund is formed only with infinitive + -ing.
Spread the love. In English grammar, an infinitive is the support form of a verb that can act as a noun, adjective, or adverb. “Infinitive” hails from the Latin word infinitus, meaning endless. The infinitive is a verbal word derived from a verb that does not act as a verb that is almost always preceded by the particle “to.”.
The zero infinitive is a type of complement with an infinitive verb form that's not preceded by the particle to. Also known as the bare infinitive . The zero (or bare) infinitive is used after verbs of perception ( see, feel, hear ), many auxiliary verbs ( may, should, must ), the verbs make and let, and the expressions had better and would
Verb patterns with stop and remember. Some verbs can be used with a gerund (verb-ing) or an infinitive (to + verb), but the meaning changes. For example: I stopped working to answer the phone. Stop. I stopped working. (I was working, then I stopped) I stopped to answer the phone. (this is the reason I stopped) Remember. I'm sure I bought the The passive infinitive is formed by to be + past participle (e.g., to be done): She expects to be promoted soon. B. -ing and infinitive (2): verbs and objects. 5. Verb + object + infinitive There are a number of verbs that can take a direct object and to + infinitive. common examples are:
Exercise 1. Choose the correct gerund or infinitive form for each gap below. 1 used to be my favourite hobby at your age. 2 We talked about together next summer. 4 I think I didn't remember the door when we left. 5 If she doesn't answer, try her mobile. 6 I tried my eyes open, but I eventually fell asleep.
In general, when to infinitive is used as an Object, to infinitive means "doing something in the future". For example, "I want to go to America someday."(a) And in general, when gerund is used as an Object, gerund means "doing something at the same time or having done in the past". For example, "I enjoy playing video games every day."(b)
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