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Gerunds vs. Infinitives

Gerunds and infinitives are both verbal forms that act as nouns. Gerunds end in -ing, such as swimming, walking, or laughing. Infinitives are the basic verb form with the particle to, as in to swim, to walk, or to laugh.

Sometimes, it can be difficult to know whether it's best to use a gerund or an infinitive in a sentence. Here are a few rules:

Both gerunds and infinitives can follow a verb, as in, "I don’t like losing," or, "I don’t like to lose." They can also both be the subject of a sentence, as in, "Catching a chicken is difficult," or, "To catch a chicken is difficult."

But only gerunds follow prepositions. For example, it’s correct to say, "I can’t leave a painting without finishing it," but it’s not correct to say, "I can’t leave a painting without to finish it."

Gerunds vs. Infinitives Grammar Quiz

  1. I cannot collect Easter eggs without them.

  2. movies is very expensive.

  3. Actors don't like time while they are on the set.

  4. into a good school can be difficult and expensive.

  5. My friend Charles doesn't like eating meat; he thinks animals deserve .

  6. Working the onion fields left him of onion juice.

  7. Are we talking about basketball on Saturday?

  8. She thought about moving, however she doesn't like in big cities.

  9. Michelle considered for more time to finish her book.

  10. I stopped cigarettes last year.

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Drianyanto

Drianyanto

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03:15 PM Aug 14 2011 |

mero0h

United Arab Emirates

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Turkey

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Mexico

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Iran, Islamic Republic Of

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sara70

Saudi Arabia

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10:56 PM Mar 24 2011 |

mohamed hadjbachir

Algeria

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06:45 PM Mar 16 2011 |

sophie huynh

Viet Nam

  1. I cannot collect Easter eggs without eating to eat them.

  2. To making Making movies is very expensive.

  3. Actors don't like wasting waste time while they are on the set.

  4. Get Getting into a good school can be difficult and expensive.

  5. My friend Charles doesn't like eating meat; he thinks animals deserve living to live.

  6. I stopped smoking to smoke a cigarette.

  7. Working the onion fields left him to stink stinking of onion juice.

  8. Are we talking about to play playing basketball on Saturday?

  9. She thought about moving, however she doesn't like live living in big cities.

  10. Michelle considered asking to ask for more time to finish her book.

02:46 AM Feb 28 2011 |

becko

Sudan

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12:12 PM Jan 31 2011 |

hajera5429

hajera5429

India

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01:02 PM Nov 27 2010 |