Tomorrow Vasily will make a short presentation about the earth's long history. On Thursday, Can will present, and then on Friday it will be Ayaka's turn.
Today we began our study of gerunds and infinitives. We took a quiz which tested your knowledge of which kinds of verbs are used with one or the other. I handed out a list showing the most common examples as well as a page discussing verbs which can use both but change in meaning. I noticed that the back of the page didn't print, so I'll reproduce it here and make another copy for you for tomorrow. You will be responsible for knowing which verbs go with gerunds and infinitives, so look it over carefully and if you are unsure about any, try practicing them as much as possible this week both in and out of class.
For homework, we'll do Exercise 1 on page 333 (wow, lucky number!) to become more familiar with the different uses of gerunds and infinitives: as subjects, subject, noun, and adjective complements, direct objects and objects of preposition. We'll check this tomorrow.
Verbs
Followed by Gerunds
admit He admitted stealing the
money.
advise She advises waiting until
tomorrow.
anticipate I anticipate having a good time on
vacation.
appreciate I appreciate hearing from you.
avoid He avoided answering my
questions.
complete She finally completed writing her
term paper.
consider I will consider going with you.
delay He delayed leaving for school.
deny She denied knowing anything
about it.
discuss They discussed opening a new
business.
enjoy We enjoyed visiting them.
finish She finished studying at about
ten.
keep I keep hoping she will come.
mention She mentioned going to a movie.
mind Would you mind helping me?
miss I miss being with my family.
postpone Let's postpone leaving until
tomorrow.
practice The athlete practiced throwing
the ball.
quit He quit trying to solve the
problem.
recall I don't recall meeting him
before.
recommend She recommended seeing that play.
regret I regret telling him my secret.
resist I could not resist eating
dessert.
risk She risked losing everything.
stop She stopped going to classes.
suggest She suggested going to a movie.
tolerate He won't tolerate cheating during
an examination.
worth That book is not worth reading.
Verbs
followed by Infinitives
afford I can't afford to buy it.
agree They agreed to help us.
appear She appears to be tired.
arrange We arranged to meet at ten.
ask He asked to come with us.
beg He begged to come.
bound That
student is bound to fail if he
doesn’t study more.
care I don't care to see that
show.
claim She claims to be a descendant
of Karl Marx.
consent She finally consented to marry
him.
decide I have decided to leave on
Monday.
demand I demand to know who is
responsible.
deserve She deserves to win the prize.
expect I expect to enter graduate
school in the fall.
fail She failed to return the book
to the library.
forget I forgot to mail the letter.
hesitate Don't hesitate to ask for my
help.
hope Jack hopes to arrive next
week.
learn He learned to play the piano.
manage She managed to finish her work
early.
mean I didn't mean to hurt your
feelings.
need I need to have your opinion.
object She objected to working on Sundays.
offer They offered to help us.
plan I am planning to have a
party.
prepare We prepared to welcome them.
pretend He pretends not to understand.
promise I promise not to be late.
refuse I refuse to believe his story.
regret I regret to tell you that you
failed.
seem That cat seems to be
friendly.
struggle I struggled to stay awake.
swear She swore to tell the truth.
threaten She threatened to tell my
parents.
volunteer He volunteered to help us.
wait I will wait to hear from you.
want I want to tell you something.
wish She wishes to come with us.
Verbs
followed by Infinitives or Gerunds
begin He begins to work as soon as
he arrives.
He begins working at ten a.m.
continue He continues to study.
He continues studying.
hate I hate to argue with you.
I hate arguing about
politics.
help It helps to know your limits.
I cannot help worrying about him.
like They like to ski.
They like skiing.
love Children love to play.
Children love playing
with their friends.
neglect She neglected to tell her the
whole story.
She neglected telling her
about the fire.
prefer She prefers to eat a light
dinner. (potential case)
She prefers eating a
light dinner. (actual case)
remember I remembered to lock the door.
I can remember meeting
him when I was young.
start He started to run.
He started running.
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