Important Announcement
19 June, 2020 at 1:39 PM
Effective June 19, 2020, ELC is no longer offering year-round programs. This applies to both on-line and on-site programs. We are also no longer an IELTS test center. For 2021, we will continue to offer our Summer Junior Programs at UCLA, Boston University, and UCSB as well as our Adult Summer Campus Program at UCLA.
For more information or to book a summer course for 2021, please contact [email protected]
Important Announcement
19 June, 2020 at 1:39 PM
Effective June 19, 2020, ELC is no longer offering year-round programs. This applies to both on-line and on-site programs. We are also no longer an IELTS test center. For 2021, we will continue to offer our Summer Junior Programs at UCLA, Boston University, and UCSB as well as our Adult Summer Campus Program at UCLA.
For more information or to book a summer course for 2021, please contact [email protected]
Whether a verb uses a gerund and/or an infinitive can be a tricky part of the English language. The more you read and use them in context, the easier it will be to learn! Here are a few verbs and examples to help distinguish their use!
VERBS THAT TAKE INFINITIVES: choose, continue, dare, expect, fail, hope, intend, manage, proceed, promise, refuse, tend, want, vow (and more)
Example: I choose to go to class early.
VERBS THAT TAKE GERUNDS: admit, appreciate, avoid, defend, deny, dislike, enjoy, finish, intend, resume, stop (and more)
Example: I enjoy swimming in the summer.
VERBS THAT CAN TAKE BOTH: begin, continue, forget, hate, like, love, prefer, regret, remember, start, try
Example: I continued to call her after she left.
I continued calling her after she left.
Note: some verbs change meaning depending on the infinitive or gerund use.
Example: I forgot to meet her for lunch. (I did not remember our appointment, so I did not meet her.)
I forgot meeting her before. (I met her in the past, but I have no memory of it – perhaps because it was a long, long time ago.)
