Gerund or To Infinitive

S + Verb + [ O ] + Gerung / (To) Infinitive + [ C ]

No.	S	Verb	[ O ]	Gerund / (To) Infinitive	[ C ]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	I She I They Rudy Father My teacher Susi They He	will stop continued hear saw dislike has finished wants is trying won’t let will help	- - someone me - - me - you me	smoking (to smoke) learning (to learn) knocking (knock) going (go) watching writing to study to memorize go do	new patterns the door with Rita news on TV seriously new words new words with her my homework

Verb s that can be followed by gerund or to infinitive such as: begin, continue, forget, hate, hesitate, like, stop, love, remember, start, cease [1, 2].

          Verbs that can be followed by gerund or infinitive such as: hear, notice, see, smell, taste, watch, fell [ 3, 4 ].

          Verbs that are followed by only gerund such as: avoid, consider, deny, dislike, enjoy, finish, keep, practice, quit [ 5, 6 ].

          Verbs that are followed by only to infinitive such as: agree, decide, expect, fail, hope, intend, learn, plan, promise, refuse, swear, tent, try, want [7, 8].

          Verbs that are followed by only infinitive is help, let, make [9, 10]. 

SHORT CONVERSATIONS:

A       : Can you help me prepare breakfast, Son?

B       : Sorry, Mom. I am finishing doing my home assignment.

A       : I want you to prove your faithfulness, Tono.

B       : All right, honey. What do you expect me to do?

A       : I want you to jump into the well.

A       :Why did you stop smoking?

B       : Because my father quit giving me pocket money.

A       : I am sure he intended to safe your life.

A       : I promise not to come late again, Sir.

B       : And I won’t let you join the class if you’re late next time.

A       : The police didn’t hesitate shooting the thief.

B       : How could he do that?

A       : Because the thief intended to run away from him.

IN THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY

Teacher       : Good morning class.

Students     : Good morning, Sir.

Teacher       : I hope you to stop talking.

Students     : Yes, Sir.

Teacher       : Ujang, why do you keep looking outside?

Ujang          : It starts raining outside, Sir.

Teacher      : No problem. We are going to practice listening conversations from the tape.

Ujang          : Would you mind explaining the purpose of listening?

Teacher      : The purpose is to understand the conversation, mainly from native speakers.

Rani            : Is that all, Sir?

Teacher       : No, you can practice pronouncing sentences correctly.

Rani            : Why is correct pronounciation important, Sir?

Teacher      : Beacause if we fail to pronounce words or sentences correctly we will make people feel confused or misunderstand.

Ujang          : Would you mind giving some examples.

Teacher      : All right. Try to understand the difference between two following sentences: “ He is important and He is impotent”. I don’t know what will happen if u fail to pronounce correctly.

Ujang          : Now, I get it.