Слайд 1The Infinitive
The verb try, stop, regret, remember, forget, mean,
go on can be followed by the gerund or the infinitive, but with a change in meaning
With a change of meaning
Try
Stop
Regret
Forget/remember
Go on
Mean
Слайд 2Try
+ gerund to experiment in order to achieve an objective.
Try going
to bed earlier and see if that helps
+ infinitive to attempt a difficult action.
Jill’s been trying to get a gob since she left school, but with no success.
Слайд 3Stop
+gerund to finish an activity
Stop talking and get on
with your work!
+infinitive to interrupt one activity in order to do another.
Roger stopped to have a cup of tea.
Слайд 4Regret
+gerund to be sorry about an action in the past
Many people regret marrying young.
+infinitive to be sorry about what you are going to say.
Dr. Taylor regrets to say that he is unable to see patients without an appointment.
Слайд 5Forget/remember
+gerund to (not) recall an action.
I distinctly remember asking them to
come after lunch.
I won’t forget seeing Christie win the gold medal as long as I live.
+ infinitive to not do an action you must do.
Ann remembered to lock all the doors when she went on holiday, but she forget to close the bathroom window.
Слайд 6Go on
+gerund to continue an action
I’ll go on loving you until
I die.
+infinitive to finish one activity and start another
After sever years of study, Andy went on to become a doctor.
Слайд 7Mean
+gerund to involve
Dieting usually means giving up sweet things.
+infinitive to
be one’s intention
I mean to send you a postcard but I forgot to take my address book.
Слайд 8
The infinitive is only possible with mean in perfect and
past tenses.
The verbs of perception see, feel, hear, smell have a different meaning when they are followed by the infinitive (without to) or a participle.
+ participle to experience part of an event
I noticed a man acting in a strange way.
+infinitive without to to experience the
Whole event
I heard my sister come in at 1 a.m.