[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a01413-98ab-7e07-9684-cf6970e977ba":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019dfd54-bbaf-7b5b-921a-1fb3d0c2a2a6":133},["Reactive",4],{"id":5,"grammarPage":6,"title":7,"instructions":8,"displayOrder":9,"type":10,"questions":11,"ogImageUrl":132},"01a01413-98ab-7e07-9684-cf6970e977ba","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019dfd54-bbaf-7b5b-921a-1fb3d0c2a2a6","Gerund or To-infinitive – Sort the Patterns","Tap a tile, then tap the column where it belongs.",4,"word_sort",[12,39,64,89,109],{"id":13,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":15,"explanation":16,"blanks":17,"payload":18},"01a01413-98ab-7f4f-9684-cf6970f6500d","Sort each verb by the form that normally follows it.",0,"The following form is a fixed property of each verb, so learn it together with the verb rather than looking for a spelling rule. The one clue that helps: verbs about enjoying, avoiding or continuing an activity take -ing, while verbs about intending, planning, agreeing or refusing take to + base verb.",[],{"items":19,"categories":38},[20,23,25,27,29,32,34,36],{"text":21,"category":22},"enjoy","Followed by a gerund",{"text":24,"category":22},"avoid",{"text":26,"category":22},"practise",{"text":28,"category":22},"miss",{"text":30,"category":31},"decide","Followed by a to-infinitive",{"text":33,"category":31},"hope",{"text":35,"category":31},"refuse",{"text":37,"category":31},"manage",[22,31],{"id":40,"sentenceTemplate":41,"displayOrder":42,"explanation":43,"blanks":44,"payload":45},"01a01413-98ac-7024-aa8b-1be8fc308df8","Sort each of these verbs into the pattern that follows it.",1,"Nothing in the shape of a verb tells you which form comes next, so the pattern has to be stored with the verb itself. Use the meaning as a clue: naming an activity you enjoy, avoid or continue points to -ing, while committing to a future action points to to + base verb.",[],{"items":46,"categories":63},[47,49,51,53,55,57,59,61],{"text":48,"category":22},"mind",{"text":50,"category":22},"suggest",{"text":52,"category":22},"finish",{"text":54,"category":22},"keep",{"text":56,"category":31},"promise",{"text":58,"category":31},"agree",{"text":60,"category":31},"offer",{"text":62,"category":31},"learn",[22,31],{"id":65,"sentenceTemplate":66,"displayOrder":67,"explanation":68,"blanks":69,"payload":70},"01a01413-98ac-708c-aa8b-1be8fd15f6af","Sort each word or phrase by the verb form that has to come after it.",2,"When a verb follows a preposition, that verb uses -ing. This includes the to in look forward to, which is a preposition here and not part of an infinitive. When to belongs to a verb pattern instead, as in want to leave, it is the infinitive marker and the base verb follows it.",[],{"items":71,"categories":88},[72,75,77,79,81,84,85,87],{"text":73,"category":74},"without","Followed by -ing",{"text":76,"category":74},"interested in",{"text":78,"category":74},"good at",{"text":80,"category":74},"look forward to",{"text":82,"category":83},"want","Followed by to + base verb",{"text":30,"category":83},{"text":86,"category":83},"seem",{"text":58,"category":83},[74,83],{"id":90,"sentenceTemplate":91,"displayOrder":92,"explanation":93,"blanks":94,"payload":95},"01a01413-98ac-70e8-aa8b-1be8fdd32071","Each of these verbs takes an object first. Sort it by the form of the verb that comes after that object.",3,"With this pattern the second verb normally keeps to, as in she asked him to wait, because to marks the action the other person is meant to do. Make and let are the exceptions taught on this page: they take the object and then the bare base verb, as in she made me wait. Help is left off this board because both forms are correct after it.",[],{"items":96,"categories":108},[97,99,101,103,106],{"text":82,"category":98},"Object + to + base verb",{"text":100,"category":98},"ask",{"text":102,"category":98},"tell",{"text":104,"category":105},"make","Object + base verb (no to)",{"text":107,"category":105},"let",[98,105],{"id":110,"sentenceTemplate":111,"displayOrder":9,"explanation":112,"blanks":113,"payload":114},"01a01413-98ac-7140-aa8b-1be8fe54f15f","Sort each verb by whether it allows only -ing, only to + base verb, or both with a change of meaning.","For most verbs only one form is possible and it has to be learned with the verb: enjoying or avoiding an activity takes -ing, intending or refusing takes to + base verb. Stop, remember, forget and try accept both, and there is no single rule covering them — each verb has its own contrast to learn. Stop + -ing ends an activity, while stop + to + base verb pauses one activity in order to do another. Remember and forget + -ing describe a memory of something already done, while remember and forget + to + base verb are about a task: not forgetting it, or failing to do it. Try + -ing tests an idea to see whether it helps, while try + to + base verb is an effort at something difficult.",[],{"items":115,"categories":131},[116,118,119,121,122,125,127,129],{"text":21,"category":117},"Gerund only",{"text":24,"category":117},{"text":35,"category":120},"To-infinitive only",{"text":86,"category":120},{"text":123,"category":124},"stop","Both, with a change of meaning",{"text":126,"category":124},"remember",{"text":128,"category":124},"forget",{"text":130,"category":124},"try",[117,120,124],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_ac047b41-98ce-42c8-9339-81d6d0d97d36_hero.webp",{"title":134,"slug":135,"language":136,"level":137},"Gerund vs Infinitive","gerund-vs-infinitive","en","B1"]