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Jenny chiu Posted 13 years ago
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infinitive/ gerund

How to explain "infinitive" and "gerund" in simple simple to let students understand?
  

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Jenny chiu How to explain "infinitive" and "gerund" in simple simple to let students understand? Forms: Infinitive: 1) the verb as listed in the dictionary 2) "to" followed by the verb as listed in the dictionary (1 is called, variously, the bare infinitive, the plain infinitive, the base form. ) Examples: 1) take, see, do, find, want 2) t o take, to see, to do, to find, to want Gerund: the verb as listed in the dictionary, but with an -ing ending Examples: taking, seeing, doing, finding, wanting Uses: There are many uses of the infinitive, and these have to be introduced gradually throughout the instructional process.

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  • Jenny chiu How to explain "infinitive" and "gerund" in simple simple to let students understand?
  • Forms: Infinitive: 1) the verb as listed in the dictionary 2) "to" followed by the verb as listed in the dictionary (1 is called, variously, the bare infinitive, the plain infinitive, the base form.
  • ) Examples: 1) take, see, do, find, want 2) t o take, to see, to do, to find, to want Gerund: the verb as listed in the dictionary, but with an -ing ending Examples: taking, seeing, doing, finding, wanting Uses: There are many uses of the infinitive, and these have to be introduced gradually throughout the instructional process.
  • Examples: Type 1 is used after modal verbs.
  • may take, can see, must do, should find, would want Type 2 is used to show purpose.
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Jenny chiu How to explain "infinitive" and "gerund" in simple simple to let students understand?
Forms:
Infinitive: 1) the verb as listed in the dictionary 2) "to" followed by the verb as listed in the dictionary
(1 is called, variously, the bare infinitive, the plain infinitive, the base form. 2 is called the "to"-infinitive or the full infinitive.)
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