Diapositiva 1

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GERUND VS INFINITIVE

4
7
He studies harder to pass his exam.
Smoking is bad for you.
1
We are happy to sing together.
5
He is good at cooking.
2
He doesnt know what to say.
8
I want to become an excellent football player.
I love swimming.
9
She isnt old enough to go to the concert alone.
She is too young to go to the concert alone.
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USES
1. After adjectives 4. Subject 6. After
enough/too 2. After Wh- questions 5. After
prepositions 7.To express purpose 8. After
some verbs (avoid,enjoy,love,etc) 9.
After some verbs(decide,hope,want,etc)
2
Tick the correct sentence 1. To do maths is very
difficult. Doing maths is very difficult. 2.
Dont leave without saying goodbye. Dont
leave without to say goodbye. 3. Dan offered
helping me. Dan offered to help me. 4. I was
surprised to see him. I was surprised seeing
him. 5. I am afraid of sleep in the dark. I
am afraid of sleeping in the dark. 6. John cant
give up the smoking. John cant give up
smoking. 7. I hope starting a computer course
next month. I hope to start a computer course
next month.
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PRACTISE
go hear smoke wash
watch
hearing
Im tired of the same old
stories.
smoking
Which British Prime Minister was famous for
big cigars?
going
Im thinking of to Greek next
summer.
watching
Erics interested in football
on television, but not playing it.
washing
Dont worry about the dishes.
4
Last week Dad suggested to go / going out
for the day. I wanted to go / going to the
beach but Dad took us to and old house in the
woods. He said there was a ghost in the house!
I dont enjoy to be / being scared so at
first I refused to go / going in, but
Dad told me not to be afraid. After some minutes,
I agreed to get / getting in. As we were
walking around the house, my brother started
to scare / scaring me because he pretended
to be / being a ghost and began to make /
making silly noises. Then, we heard a different
noise and my brother was really scared It
wasnt him. He stopped to play / playing
and we all decided to leave / leaving
the house quickly. Finally, we promised not to
return / returning to the haunted house
again, and Dad continued to drive / driving
away.
The Haunted House