🔥 EXPLAINED! When to use the Infinitive and Gerund After Verbs

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  • @IanEvans
    @IanEvans 2 роки тому +70

    I am an English teacher and this is an excellent video. Well done Greg.

  • @homeirakashanchi6704
    @homeirakashanchi6704 Рік тому +9

    You are really a kind and generous teacher. Thank you, you work very hard to teach your students the keys to grammar.

  • @Btissam.20
    @Btissam.20 Рік тому +2

    Thank you

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much.

  • @chrisk5651
    @chrisk5651 2 роки тому +2

    Wow what a transformation in your look!! I like it!!

  • @katerynavolkova-shapovalen995
    @katerynavolkova-shapovalen995 2 роки тому +27

    Mr. Greg, thank you so much!!! This very material is just exactly what I need!!! I’ve been working with this material for years with so many books but still I haven’t found more or less clear explanations on the topic! And this video of yours is really of great help!!! I’m thankful so much! Wonderful day to everyone ❤

  • @Лермонтов-м
    @Лермонтов-м Рік тому +3

    Attaboy, Greg. Your explanation of the gerund-infinitive practical application is the clearest one on The UA-cam.

  • @rayherbrecht954
    @rayherbrecht954 2 роки тому +6

    Hi Mr. Greg, thank you so much for all your videos, I loved all of them. I've been studying English by myself for 2 years and I live in Belgium. I've found all your videos so amazing, transparent, and self-explanatory. Thank you so much

  • @boriscerda8814
    @boriscerda8814 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for your downloud list. It s really good ...... 👍👍👍😃😃 greetings from Chile

  • @ВалерияАврамова-ф9ч

    Greg, you are an awesome teacher and I look forward to learning from you. Thank you ever so much. A special thanks for your WORKSHEETS )))

  • @lbegazo
    @lbegazo 11 місяців тому +2

    Gerund:
    After Prepositions of time and place
    Before and After, I always have breakfast before leaving the house.
    When we are using it as a noun.
    Swimming is a great exercise.
    Using verbs to tell us what we like and what we don't like.
    I love watching football.
    I adore traveling to foreign countries.
    I don't mind driving long distances.
    Start and finish
    I started driving when I was 17.
    I finished reading the book last week
    Suggest and Recommend
    I suggest leaving early if you want to arrive on time.
    I recommend taking an umbrella as it's going to rain.

  • @ileanaolivera3564
    @ileanaolivera3564 2 роки тому +5

    Love your examples and explanations

  • @joseernestosabatercalvet1810
    @joseernestosabatercalvet1810 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you Greg for such a practical guide.

  • @ДенисЖданов-б3ю
    @ДенисЖданов-б3ю 2 роки тому +11

    Greg, thnx a lot, I love hearing your perfect speech, I'm also a teacher and I tell my students about the difference between -to ang -ing in this way: if two actions go at the same moment use gerund after verb cause it's impossible first to enjoy and then to swim or first to hate then to smoke but we use inf if the second action goes after the first one e.g. I decide to go meaning first we decide smth and then we do it. And don't forget to use like+inf speaking about people's habits e.g. I like to go to the gym 3 times a week...anyway, I love your videos and I often use them during my lessons, greetings, Den

    • @lydiafife8716
      @lydiafife8716 2 роки тому +2

      Ah well
      I hate to smoke after dinner
      I hated smoking after dinner
      I always hated to smoke after dinner
      I hate to go to the movies
      I hated going to the movies
      Not incorrect
      But there are times one way sounds more “correct”
      Yes context is everything
      Yes it sounds fine

  • @nastyamastereng1893
    @nastyamastereng1893 Рік тому +4

    Thank you, Greg! The effort you put into the video is priceless! Keep it up!

  • @cristobalromerorodriguez2496
    @cristobalromerorodriguez2496 Рік тому +2

    So useful, so nice that way to teach. I really appreciate it

  • @rstrelba
    @rstrelba 2 роки тому +201

    I've found a rule, wich covers 90% percents combination of verbs. When the second verb is about to happen in nearest future (even for past shifting) - use infinitive. I want to eat. I decided to eat. If second verb is already acting or does not have a chance to happen - use gerund. I pause eating, I like eating, I finish eating, I prefer eating to working ))

    • @brikenkanapari
      @brikenkanapari 2 роки тому

      Thank you

    • @stephanestephane4291
      @stephanestephane4291 2 роки тому +2

      didn't happen ? 🤔 are you sure ? 🤔

    • @rstrelba
      @rstrelba 2 роки тому +16

      @@stephanestephane4291 I meant in context. If you say "I like running" it means I'm not gonna run right now .

    • @egbront1506
      @egbront1506 2 роки тому +10

      The "rule" about liking, preferring etc requiring a gerund is just plain wrong and Greg shouldn't have posited it as one to rely on at all. I like eating = I like to eat. I prefer eating to working = I prefer to eat than to work. Both convey the same information and are equally common in writing and speech. It's just a style difference and it is impossible to come up with any useful rule as to what someone is going to use. It might be context bound or regional preferences.

    • @stephanestephane4291
      @stephanestephane4291 2 роки тому

      @@egbront1506 there's still this little nuance in our mind gerund/past infinitive/future 😏
      even though the OP didn't explain it clearly enough hahaha

  • @Syamsurrijal-kc4qr
    @Syamsurrijal-kc4qr Рік тому +2

    This lesson is awesome.
    Thank you.

  • @berenice-6003
    @berenice-6003 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you so much Greg for this lesson!!!

  • @andrespadron992
    @andrespadron992 2 роки тому +3

    So valuable lesson, quite well organized. You have given me a bit of light on this question that has been around my head for a long time. Thank you.

  • @valentynaurzhumova7173
    @valentynaurzhumova7173 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for your work. You categorised these verbs so well.

  • @anaramos2802
    @anaramos2802 2 роки тому +5

    I don't mind watching your videos every single day. In fact, I recommend to watch them to all my friends!

    • @michapoom6609
      @michapoom6609 Рік тому +3

      Recommend watching/subjunctive mood :)

  • @MrQuietrob
    @MrQuietrob 2 роки тому +3

    The best video about English grammar I've seen in a long time. Congratulations and a big thank you! 🙏

  • @pascalguerandel8181
    @pascalguerandel8181 Рік тому +2

    Where were you..when I was growing up!😀😀 I've never come across someone who explains it the way you do.. simplistically brilliant...your explanations are helping me speak and comprehend...better! Thank you ❤

  • @rebeccadelagarza3615
    @rebeccadelagarza3615 Рік тому +2

    I really like the way you explain when to use gerund and infinity verbs.

  • @VitorSilva-uo4gl
    @VitorSilva-uo4gl Рік тому +1

    I've been studying English about one year, and I'm lerning with your videos, thank you Greg , I wish sucess for you!!

  • @eugeneua7785
    @eugeneua7785 Рік тому +2

    I love watching your videos!!! I wish I could go to England to learn English as soon as the war finished.

  • @elisabettabubola4927
    @elisabettabubola4927 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so
    Much! ❤🎉

  • @zx_vlogs2
    @zx_vlogs2 2 роки тому +3

    Fantastic explanation. Thank you. Keep it up

  • @monarou3084
    @monarou3084 3 місяці тому

    Greg ! Vous êtes un prof PAR FAIT !
    You are a PERFECT teacher !
    Thank you for the way you explain grammar rules.

  • @luka66luka
    @luka66luka 2 роки тому +3

    So nice and easy to follow your lesson.thank you.

  • @АлександрМакаров-о8х

    Thank U so much! Wish U the best!

  • @Olga03Love
    @Olga03Love 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for the lesson my English is getting better and better now thank to you. Many blessings to you and your family

  • @diassmaker
    @diassmaker 2 роки тому +3

    Happy 40th birthday, mate! Thanks for the lesson!

  • @apometun
    @apometun Рік тому +4

    You are brilliant! I love learning English throw your video.

  • @edcine5521
    @edcine5521 Рік тому +2

    Good job !!! .

  • @myon6278
    @myon6278 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you very much Mr Greg

  • @max77ekb
    @max77ekb 2 роки тому +5

    Great video, thanks a lot!
    One point is still unclear to me: suggest *doing* OR suggest *to do* OR suggest *that* *do(es)* ?

    • @advance600
      @advance600 2 роки тому

      Options two and three are correct.

    • @thelazyowl7084
      @thelazyowl7084 2 роки тому

      Bob told Fred to do homework. Fred does homework. Fred IS DOING homework. ‘Is doing’ is used for something in progress but you wouldn’t just write ‘Fred doing homework’ or ‘Fred to do homework’, as that doesn’t work. I’m not a teacher but I am a native speaker. Hope that kind of helps?

  • @elenipanos3882
    @elenipanos3882 Рік тому

    How amazingly helpful. I am an English Teacher in Greece. Thanks hun

  • @bangkitkasuryanan2366
    @bangkitkasuryanan2366 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you sir for the material you created, quite helpful and informative

  • @salutvictor4772
    @salutvictor4772 11 місяців тому

    Awesome content GREG!!!
    Watching, enjoying and learning from Guatemala!!!

  • @audiolivroscomdoen6883
    @audiolivroscomdoen6883 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks. I love your videos!!!

  • @gustavobriceno5231
    @gustavobriceno5231 3 дні тому

    Excellent explanation 🎉🎉🎉🎉 thanks

  • @TheAkkb
    @TheAkkb 2 роки тому +2

    Perfect job, dear Greg!

  • @joelmasamba6762
    @joelmasamba6762 Рік тому +3

    Oh my gosh!!! I like reading Evey single day

  • @vsecenglishcollege3430
    @vsecenglishcollege3430 2 роки тому +2

    Very educative. 👍

  • @agutinusmure4769
    @agutinusmure4769 2 роки тому +2

    A nice topic to explain, thank you.

  • @ezequielchabay57
    @ezequielchabay57 Рік тому

    Thanks Greg! This video has been my salvation!

  • @RobinEgret
    @RobinEgret Рік тому

    The most useful video on gerund I’ve seen so far. Thank you

  • @languagefreeassangeteacher5338
    @languagefreeassangeteacher5338 2 роки тому +2

    Cool teaching - thanks!

  • @diegoramirez2840
    @diegoramirez2840 3 місяці тому

    I am an English teacher and this is the baseline of what I taught my students, thank you Greg

  • @slowlearner4341
    @slowlearner4341 2 роки тому +2

    Hello Greg. I share almost all superlatives and exclamations about your knowledge, way of teaching, etc. The subject of this video is rather "it's easier said than done". I am not a smart cookie and I have a very average ability to languages. Obviously, I tried several times to leave this headache behind me. Well, well, well, not yet...Hopefully, your method will help me to overcome this barrier.
    Long and very pleasant Holidays is just around the corner...I would like to take this opportunity to wish your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

  • @panszarlotka
    @panszarlotka 2 роки тому +10

    The best grammar lesson ever created on the internet!!! Request to continue such short stories. It is well memorable. ( as long as they are not too long)
    Thank you Greg and now I'm off to read the PDF. Unfortunately on Gmail your letter went to the offers tab. Sometime ask your listeners to move it to the main folder so gmail's algorithms will deliver your material correctly.

  • @LinoVern
    @LinoVern 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you Greg!

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Рік тому +1

    That's just what I need.

  • @NadejdaMaydani
    @NadejdaMaydani Рік тому

    You are an amazing teacher!

  • @kwongdamon1047
    @kwongdamon1047 Рік тому

    im really appreciated what you done on this topic!! Million thanks!!!

  • @tazkiasa
    @tazkiasa 2 роки тому +3

    to me gerund is kinda tricky, yet the explanation is helpfull and easy to understand ^^. Thankyou sm!

  • @jorgedangelo3331
    @jorgedangelo3331 2 роки тому +3

    Hola! excelente! thank you!

  • @nordlead
    @nordlead 2 роки тому +3

    Always amazing, thanks Greg.

  • @sujin6458
    @sujin6458 Рік тому

    7:29 decision making: agree/promise/request/offer/plan/choose + TO
    8:43 Expect/hope/wish/wait + TO

  • @luisremelli
    @luisremelli 2 роки тому +2

    thank you for the super helpful worksheet, really thank you for your time :)

  • @user-ro2ck1p7
    @user-ro2ck1p7 9 місяців тому

    The best guideline ❤Thanks

  • @macarenacabello1412
    @macarenacabello1412 2 роки тому +5

    Hi Greg! Can you explain the difference between the future perfect simple and continuous?
    I love your videos♡

  • @InglêscomEric
    @InglêscomEric 8 місяців тому

    Grande aula! 🔥

  • @samuelguerrero4114
    @samuelguerrero4114 Рік тому +2

    This topic use to trick me into using the wrong form, but I got to grab them by reading a lot of books.Now I use them automatically when I am stricking up a conversation with someone.

  • @vitomanoeli
    @vitomanoeli Рік тому

    Saved my back. Thank you, lad.

  • @theescapeist758
    @theescapeist758 2 роки тому

    Greg, I'd like knowing when to use as or when.

  • @sahajgunde145
    @sahajgunde145 Рік тому +1

    Please can u make a video on compunds

  • @nevelleeroberth6522
    @nevelleeroberth6522 Рік тому

    Thank you Greg

  • @tarielkurbanov855
    @tarielkurbanov855 Рік тому

    Good lesson

  • @giulianapaulett3553
    @giulianapaulett3553 2 роки тому

    Thanks a lot Greg

  • @robertdunn6064
    @robertdunn6064 2 роки тому +1

    excellent - posted in my Quora writing space

  • @elviarivera3805
    @elviarivera3805 2 роки тому

    Thanks a lot

  • @davideduardos4621
    @davideduardos4621 2 роки тому

    Superb!!

  • @prof.emanuelpaiva
    @prof.emanuelpaiva Рік тому +1

    Excellent video, however there's a situation to be consider.
    I STOP SMOKING and I STOP TO SMOKE. Here, there is a trick. I STOP SMOKING means I don't smoke anymore, but I STOP TO SMOKE means I was doing something and I stop to smoke. 😂

  • @samishafizad2436
    @samishafizad2436 2 роки тому

    i would be gratfull for this . your vidoes are really usefull

  • @cmtwei9605
    @cmtwei9605 Рік тому

    What you describe as guidelines is in fact pattern recognition from a collection of examples as a convenient way to group together a common pattern. It's convention rather than rules. 'Dare' is a little more complicated than you explained, it's often used in the negative with infinitive. Also the older, more formal pattern would leave out 'to', for example, I didn't dare do this. Sometimes you see the 'dare not' form.😊

  • @oleksandrrozum3461
    @oleksandrrozum3461 Рік тому

    Thanks GREG

  • @АндрейСмирнов-е7д8я

    Will there be any worksheets?

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Рік тому +1

    Congratulations.

  • @HubertK28
    @HubertK28 Рік тому

    Hi Greg. This is super useful, thanks a bunch. It would, however, be great if you could also cover the nasty "to + gerund" thing. For example: "She adjusted to living on her own" or "He devoted his life to helping the poor". I got that, in these cases, it's all about the fact that "to" is part of a phrasal verb or verb + preposition combination. It can, on the other hand, be really tricky, for example, inb the case of "used to + infinitve" vs. "used to + gerund". Anyway, I am already looking forward to watching this video 😉.

  • @Creativeworldpro1
    @Creativeworldpro1 Рік тому

    This video is very good

  • @mrsabraattiaselim5334
    @mrsabraattiaselim5334 Рік тому

    thanks a million

  • @mrsso9582
    @mrsso9582 2 роки тому

    Thank you greg

  • @yungyunting4053
    @yungyunting4053 10 місяців тому +1

    thank you Mr. Gregg.
    I was asked by my grandchild to give her a rule. We r Chinese n I know how to use cos I have been studying for 7 decades yet I don't know how to explain.

  • @Chrisjude100
    @Chrisjude100 2 роки тому +1

    My suspicion, after having been a TEFL teacher for 20+ years, is that the verb followed by to + verb is a throwback to the future participle; i.e. I hope to go to the USA next year. "Hope" is today, while "go" is next year. There's a type of motion (interior/time motion, not physical motion) in verbs like hope, expect, choose, etc. that requires a preposition of motion (to) before the second verb in the base form (the "infinitive" is a term borrowed from other languages).

  • @josephwest124
    @josephwest124 2 роки тому +1

    Minor nitpick but with "like" and "love" (at least), using the infinitive works just as well. "I like to watch TV" is as valid as "I like watching TV." With other similar verbs (prefer, enjoy, etc), the gerund is almost certainly the better choice.

  • @kriskringleecommerce1367
    @kriskringleecommerce1367 Рік тому

    " I like to think"(07:18) and "will help us put this" (07:33) are out of those rules ? (Those are not examples, but they are some sentences that he speaks.)

  • @sadib.2502
    @sadib.2502 2 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @jegathambigaic8641
    @jegathambigaic8641 4 місяці тому

    Super 🎉🎉

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Рік тому +1

    I am studying English right now.

  • @IzVI-q6l
    @IzVI-q6l Місяць тому

    Nice

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Рік тому

    Is perfect.

  • @AklesiyaBaye-vx7rl
    @AklesiyaBaye-vx7rl Рік тому

    I love that

  • @jexpiperUK
    @jexpiperUK 2 роки тому +5

    You could say 'I like to play football' though. Though you couldn't say 'I detest to play football' - you definitely have to use the gerund for that one. So the rule is a bit more nuanced than that. I don't know what it is myself though 😂.

  • @voxveritas333
    @voxveritas333 2 роки тому +1

    As a native English speaker I was taught that the gerund was a verb used as a noun. That was it. The rest of this we must have had to pick it all up along the way as we grew up and learned how to speak, as any native would. So, don't stress out, English learners. It will come. Many native speakers never get all the rules correct, either.

    • @pininos2000
      @pininos2000 2 роки тому

      Could you explain me please i have deficulties to understand this topic ,i have an exam

  • @carlosmontenegro1
    @carlosmontenegro1 2 роки тому

    thanks bro

  • @AY-fh8po
    @AY-fh8po 2 роки тому +1

    Great

  • @alexandrearaujodecarvalho
    @alexandrearaujodecarvalho Рік тому +1

    Good afternoon.