July 28, 2015 - Review of "Get", "Do", "Make", "Gerunds", "Infinitives" - Day 6 of "The Recruit"

Gerunds, Infinitives

Gerund     - swimming                     I like swimming. 

                                                            (present participle form)

1.      Gerunds can appear at the beginning of a sentence when used as a subject:             

                                             Jogging is a hobby of mine.

2.      Gerunds can act as an object following the verb:

                                             Daniel quit smoking a year ago.

3.      Gerunds can serve as an object after a preposition:

                                             I look forward to helping you paint the house.

4.      Some verbs and verb phrases are directly followed a gerund:

                                             Paul avoids using chemicals on the vegetables he grows.

5.      Some verbs can be followed by a gerund or an infinitive without causing a change in meaning:

                                             Some people prefer getting up early in the morning.

                                             Some people prefer to get up early in the morning

6.      Some verbs can be followed by a gerund or infinitive but with a change in meaning:

                                             He remembered sending the fax. (He remembered the act of send the fax)

                                             He remembered to send the fax. (He remembered the fax and sent it.)

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What are Infinitives?

An infinitive is a verb form that acts as other parts of speech in a  sentence. It is formed with to + base form of the verb. Ex: to buy, to work.

                             

Infinitive Examples

                             

Infinitives can be used as:

1.      an object following the verb:       

                              Jim always forgets to eat

              

2.      a subject at the beginning of a sentence:

               To travel around the world requires a lot of time and money.

3.      an adverb modifying a verb:

                You promised to buy me a diamond ring.

4.      an adjective modifying a noun:

                Tara has the ability to succeed.

                             

Some verbs are directly followed by an infinitive:

                 Do you want to call your family now?

Some verbs are directly followed by a noun or pronoun and then by an infinitive:

                 I convinced Catherine to become vegetarian.

                 He advised me to sell all my shares of stock.

 Some verbs can be followed by an infinitive or a gerund without causing a change in meaning:

               Will you continue working after you give birth?

               Will you continue to work after you give birth?

 Some verbs can be followed by an infinitive or a gerund but with a change in  meaning:

               He stopped drinking coffee. (He never drank coffee again.)

               He stopped to drink coffee. (He stopped what he was doing and drank some                coffee.)

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Make or Do Review http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/make-or-do-exercise-4.html
Put in the correct form of 'make' or 'do':
1) How much money does a waitress make? 2) Could you do the laundry today? We have no clean clothes.  3) She spent the evening watching black and white films and doing her nails.  4) Did their new business make a profit last year?  5) The teacher made some very positive comments about Susie's work.  6) There's so much paperwork to do! I'll be here all night.  7) The CEO of the company made some interesting observations during his visit to our department.  8) I'd like to make Julie an offer of a job. It would be full time in our office.  9) There was a man sitting on the pier earlier. He was making a painting of the boats.  10) This lecture is so boring! Let's make an escape during the break and go to the cafe. . 11) William made an excuse to the teacher about why he was late, but she didn't believe him.  12) Stop talking and do some work!. . 13) Alison can't come tonight. She's already made plans.  14) I'm going to work all weekend. I really want to make some progress on this project.  15) Could you please make sure that the money has gone into the correct bank account?  16) It takes Lizzie an hour a day to do the washing up. She would love to have a dishwasher.  17) I offered the job to Ian, and said he had until Monday to make his mind up.  18) In the morning she gets up, has a shower and gets dressed, then makes the bed. After that she goes downstairs and has breakfast.  19) John and Lucy made their way through the crowded streets to their hotel.  20) Graham did really well in the tennis competition. He came second out of over a hundred people. "The Recruit".....continued.... Layla has tricked James.  James has failed the bar test. In the next scene, the recruits are all gathered around a polygraph machine.  Layla is attached to the polygraph machine and is being asked questions.  If she lies, the polygraph machine will show it.  Walter switches questioners.  He gives James the opportunity to ask Layla questions.  He asks her some embarrassing questions.  She lies.  The lie detector (polygraph) shows that she is lying.   The next scene shows Layla and James leaving the test room.  James is trying to catch up with Layla.  She is very mad at him for embarrassing her. The next scene shows Layla practicing with a gun. James enters the room and approaches her to apologize.....to be continued.....