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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Gerunds and Infinitives

STOP, REMEMBER, FORGET

REGRET:

1. Regret + To-infinitive: Used to formally express regret about something that is about to be said or announced, especially bad news.

e,g We regret to inform you that the flight has been cancelled." (We are sorry to tell you this news).

2. Regret + Gerund: Feeling bad or sorry about something that was done or happened in the past.

e.g. "I regret not having studied for the test." (I feel bad about not studying).

MEAN:

1. [ MEAN + to infinitive ] to intend: tener la intención de, querer

I'm sorry if I offended you - I didn't mean to hurt you.Lo siento si te he ofendido, no era mi intención hacerte daño.
2. [ MEAN + -ing verb ] to have a particular result, significar, dar lugar a

If we want to catch the 7.30 train, that will mean leaving the house at 6.00. Si queremos coger el tren de las 7.30, eso implicará salir de casa a las 6.00.

GO ON:

1.[ + -ing verb ] to continue: durar, seguir

e.g. We can't go on living like this - we'll have to find a bigger house.

No podemos continuar viviendo así- tendremos que encontrar una casa más grande.

2. [ + to infinitive ] to move to the next thing or stage: pasar

e.g She admitted her company's responsibility for the disaster and went on to explain how compensation would be paid to the victims.Admitió la responsabilidad de su empresa por el desastre y pasó a explicar las compensaciones que se pagarían a las víctimas.

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Monday, April 21, 2025

Indirect questions + Gerunds and infinitives- extra practice

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Indirect questions: http://www.autoenglish.org/questions/gr.indirect.i.htm

Gerunds and infinitives:
http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgrammar/gr.gerund01.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgrammar/gr.gerund02.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.remtry.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/mistakes/mis-infger.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/VerbPrepositionGerund.htm