Verbs followed by infinitive (with or without to) or gerund Advise: (aconsejar) My friends advised me to accept the offer / I wouldn’t advise taking the car (-ing cuando no se dice a quién se le aconseja). Afford: (permitirse) I can’t afford to go on holiday. Agree: (estar de acuerdo‚ acordar) We agreed to start early. Allow: (dejar‚ permitir) My parents allowed me to go to the party / We don’t allow smoking in this room (-ing cuando no se dice a quién se le permite). Appear: (aparecer‚ parecer)
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Infinitive or -ing? Sometimes we need to decide whether to use a verb in its: * -ing form (doing‚ singing) or * infinitive form (to do‚ to sing). For example‚ only one of the following sentences is correct. Which one? * I dislike working late. (???) * I dislike to work late. (???) When to use the infinitive The infinitive form is used after certain verbs: - forget*‚ remember*‚ help‚ learn‚ teach‚ train - choose‚ expect‚ hope‚ need‚ offer‚ want‚ would like - agree‚ encourage
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Lesson 1: 감사함니다 (gam-sa-ham-ni-da) this is the polite way to say thank you‚ another way could be 고맙습니다 I have also learned the colloquial way to say thank you‚ this is what you normally hear on dramas and movies especially when people of the same age level are speaking with each other 고맙다 (go-map-ta) or 고마워 (go-ma-wa) One of the commonly used phrase too is ‘I am sorry’. The formal polite way to say this in hangul is 미안합니다 (mi-an-ham-ni-da) or 죄송합니다 (jwe-song-ham-ni-da). If you have been watching
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WHY GERUNDS IS USED IN ENGLISH ??? Answer : This is because gerunds is used to express an action that is happening and often the person thinks that is the only use. It can also be used as a noun or adjective. Sometimes the gerund may be used to introduce a noun phrase like‚ “Ordering in a restaurant is difficult especially when it is crowded.” The average person probably thinks that the gerund is only used in the present tense in order to relate an on going activity. If you were in the process
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GERUND A traditional grammatical term for a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Adjective: gerundial. A gerund (also known as an -ing form) with its objects‚complements‚ and modifiers is called a gerund phrase‚ or simply anoun phrase. EX. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." PARTICIPLE A verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial. Present participles end in -ing (carrying‚ sharing‚ tapping). Past participles of regular
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Verbals: Gerunds‚ Participles‚ and Infinitives Worksheet #1 Name _________________________________ Period ________ Exercise Directions: Highlight in red the –ing word in each sentence. After it‚ tell how it is being used in the sentence: gerund (subject‚ direct object‚ predicate noun‚ or object of the preposition)‚ participle (adjective)‚ infinitive‚ or is it just part of the regular verb phrase . Remember that any part of speech can be compound‚ meaning that there can be two or more
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Phrases and Clauses 5 December 2012 Phrases and Clauses I) Prepositional and Appositive Phrases Phrase- a few words that do not have a subject or a verb and are one part of speech in a sentence A) Prepositional Phrases Prepositional phrase- preposition with a noun or pronoun following it Ex: near the table and chairs. “Near” is the preposition and “table and chairs” are the objects. 1) Adjectival Phrases Adjectival phrase- a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun
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interjection‚ infinitive‚ gerund‚ participle. On each Tuesday‚ you’ll identify sentence parts including simple and complete subject‚ simple and complete predicate (transitive or intransitive verb)‚ direct object‚ indirect object‚ predicate nominative‚ predicate adjective‚ appositive or appositive phrase‚ prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb)‚ object of preposition‚ noun of direct address‚ infinitive phrase‚ object of infinitive‚ participial phrase‚ object of participle‚ gerund phrase‚ object
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forms of the verb in the classification of parts of speech. Verbids as phenomena of mixed (hybrid‚ intermediary) nature. 5. The infinitive as a verbal form of mixed processual-substantive nature and the basic form of verbal paradigms. Semi-predicative infinitive constructions. 6. The gerund as a verbal form of mixed processual-substantive nature. The infinitive‚ the gerund and the verbal noun: their correlation in expressing processual semantics (the lexico-grammatical category of processual representation)
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PHRASE A phrase is a group of words‚ without a subject and verb‚ that functions in a sentence as one part of speech. Examples: leaving behind the dog smashing into a fence before the first test COMMON TYPES OF PHRASES 1. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES • contain a preposition and a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition. Examples: PREP OBJ OF PRE on the freshly pressed white jacket PREP OBJ OF PREP OBJ OF PREP beside the driftwood and seaweed COMMON TYPES OF PHRASES Prepositional
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