When they are used with - ing, these verbs emphasise the action or event in progress. When they are used with an infinitive without to, they emphasise the action or event seen as a whole, or as completed.

As you watch the video, look at the examples of verbs + ing (the gerund) and verbs + infinitive. They are in red in the subtitles. Then read the conversation below to learn more. Finally, do the grammar exercises to check you understand, and can …

Many verbs are followed by another verb in the infinitive with 'to', or in the -ing form. Learn the most common of these verbs and do our three tests. A1 English grammar.

When want, learn and offer are followed by another verb, it must be in the to + infinitive form. I want to speak to the manager. She's learning to play the piano. He offered to help us wash up. Other verbs in this group include afford, agree, ask, choose, decide, expect, hope, plan, prepare, promise, refuse and would like.

Two very common verbs – make and let – are followed by the infinitive without to. They take the pattern: My parents made me come home early. They wouldn't let me stay out late. The verb …

Some verbs have a different meaning depending on whether they are followed by an - ing form or to + infinitive. Stop + - ing means the action is not happening any more. I've stopped buying the newspaper because now I read the news online. Stop + to + infinitive means that someone or something stops an activity so that they can do something else.

Infinitive (abbreviated INF) is a linguistics term for certain verb forms existing in many languages, most often used as non-finite verbs that do not show a tense.

2023年4月20日 · An infinitive (also known as a full infinitive or an infinitive verbal) is the base form of a verb with the word to in front of it. You can put any verb in the infinitive form.

动词不定式 （英語：Infinitive，縮寫：INF）又稱 不定词，是一個 語言學 術語，通常作為 非限定動詞 使用，並在許多語言中都存在。 英語「infinitive」在15世紀中葉開始用以形容「動詞 的簡單、不變形形式，表達其原本的意義」，其詞源為拉丁語中的「無限」，因其不受限的意涵 [1]。 在中文中稱為動詞不定式是因为动词不受限定，或者说不爲词形变化所局限。 在眾多擁有不定詞的語言中，並沒有一個可以同時適用於所有語言的「动词不定式定義」。 动词不定式有時被称作 …

2013年7月5日 · inf，是单词“infinitive”的缩写abbreviation。 infinitive，中文里有“ 不定式 、动词原型”两个解释。 不定式，这个“不定”我是不太能理解或者是接受这个概念，因为：英英解释是“the uninflected form of the verb”，也就是动词的无曲折上的变化的词。