Verb Patterns, Modals & Passive Structures · grammar

Infinitives, Gerunds & Bare Infinitives

المصدر، Gerund، والمصدر بدون to

Choose the correct verb form after common verbs, prepositions, and causative-style structures.

Teaching points

شرح الدرس

Teaching points

  • • to-infinitive:
  • • decide, agree, plan, hope, want
  • • gerund:
  • • enjoy, avoid, finish, mind
  • • preposition + -ing:
  • • interested in learning
  • • look forward to hearing
  • • bare infinitive:
  • • make/let + object + base verb

بعض الأفعال يأتي بعدها to + verb. بعضها يأتي بعدها ing. بعد حرف الجر نستخدم ing. بعد make/let + مفعول نستخدم الفعل بدون to.

Practice

Answer the 3 questions, then check — أجب عن الأسئلة الثلاثة ثم تحقق

  1. 1. The team agreed _____ the launch until next week. A. postpone B. postponing C. to postpone D. postponed
  2. 2. We look forward to _____ from you soon. A. hear B. hearing C. to hear D. heard
  3. 3. The manager made the team _____ the report again. A. to check B. checking C. check D. checked