Инфинитив и герундий в английском языке
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Gerund (-ing form)

infinitive with to

infinitive without to (bare infinitive)

1. В роли подлежащего

Swimming is a good form of exercise.

2. Admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, continue, deny, fancy, go (for activities), imagine, mind, miss, practice, prevent, quit, save, suggest.

Would you mind closing the window?

3. Love, like, enjoy, prefer, dislike, hate для выражения общего предпочтения.

Chris prefers eating home-cooked meals.

4. Be busy, it’s no use, it’s no good, it’s (not) worth, what’s the use of, can’t help, there’s no point (in), can’t stand, have difficulty (in), have trouble

What’s the use of buying a car when you don’t even have a driver’s license?

5. Spend, waste, lose

George spent two hours trying to fix the DVD player.

6. После предлогов. Look forward to, be/get used to, in addition to, object to.

The children look forward to getting a dog.

7. Hear, listen to, notice, see, watch, feel для описания незавершенного действия, процесса.

She watched her son playing with his toys

8. Для выражения цели

He uses his car to go to work.

9. После глаголов agree, appear, decide, expect, hope, plan, promise, refuse, want to…

10. Would like, would prefer, would love - для выражения особого предпочтения.

I would like to do something different for my birthday this year.

11. После прилагательных

It was kind of them to let us stay in their house.

12. Too/enough

He was too busy to go out.

13. Be+ first/second/third/last to…

Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon.

14.  To tell you the truth, to be honest, to sum up, to begin with.

To tell you the truth, I don’t really like her.

15. После модальных глаголов

Ann can type very fast.

16. После let, make, see, hear, feel

He won’t let Ann go to the party.

17. Had better, would rather в значение «лучше бы»

Tom would rather take the bus when he goes to the city.

18. Help (to)

He helped his brother (to) do his homework.

19. Hear, listen to, notice, see, watch, feel для описания завершенного действия.

She watched her son play with his teddy bear and then put it away.