Verbs with -ing forms and infinitives/Инфинитив и герундий в английском языке
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Verbs with -ing forms and infinitives

Verb + -ing form

Verb + preposition + -ing form

go + -ing form

We sometimes use go + -ing form to talk about doing sports and other activities:

Verb + infinitive without to

We use the infinitive without to after modal verbs ( should, can, must):

I can’t believe it!

We should send her an email.

You must get a job soon.

We use let’s + infinitive without to to make suggestions:

Let’s go to the cinema this evening.

Let’s celebrate …

I don’t like burgers — let’s have a pizza.

Verb + infinitive with to

We use the infinitive with to after some verbs:

can/can't afford agree arrange ask choose decide

deserve expect learn offer plan promise refuse seem want

What a surprise! I didn’t expect to see you here.

She wants to find a better job.

Where did you arrange to meet Danny and Laura?

After help we can use an infinitive with to or without fo; the meaning is the same:

He helped to carry our bags. He helped carry our bags.

With all the other verbs above we ALWAYS use to:

I want to buy some new jeans.

would + like/love/hate/prefer

We use the infinitive with to after would (’d) like/love/hate/prefer:

My parents would love to meet you.

I’d hate to miss Clara’s party.

Would you like to come with us on Tuesday evening?

Look at the difference between would like and like:

I'd like to sail around the world. (= | want to do this in the future.)

I like sailing. (= I enjoy sailing.)

Verb + object + infinitive

After some verbs, we can put an infinitive alone, or we can put an object before the infinitive:

Carol wants her daugter to go to university.

But some verbs ALWAYS have an object before the infinitive ( advise, allow, invite, teach, tell, order, warn):

Professor Maclean teaches student nurses to ask all the right questions.

The teacher told us to be quiet.

MAKE and LET

After make and let, we put an object + the infinitive without to:

The cold weather made the lake freeze. (= The cold wether caused the lake to freeze.)

Our teacher made us do extra homework. (= She forced us to do extra homework.)

Our teacher let us leave early. (= She allowed us to leave early.)

Look at the difference between let + object + infinitive and let’s + infinitive:

Our teacher let us leave early. (= Our teacher allowed us to leave early.)

Let’s leave early today. (+ I suggest hat we leave early today.)