Gerund and Infinitive after Verb
I- Gerund (V_ing):
1) Chuc nang (function):
- Dong vai tro nhu mot Subject
Ex: Smoking is not good for your health.
- Dong vai tro nhu mot Object
Ex: I hate chatting.
- Dong vai tro nhu bo ngu (complement)
Ex: My hobby is swimming.
- La tuc tu cua gioi tu (Object of preposition)
I am interested in learning English.
2) Verb + Gerund:
acknowledge, admit, anticipate, avoid, can’t help, celebrate,
consider, defend, delay, deny, defer, appreciate, detest, discuss,
dislike, endure, enjoy, escape, excuse, feel like, finish, go,
imagine, keep (= continue), loathe, mean (= involve), mention,
mind (= object to), miss, omit, postpone, practice, prevent,
prohibit, quit, recall, recollect, recommend, regret, report, resent,
resist, resume, risk, suggest, tolerate, understand, …
+ doing something.
3) Be + Adjective + preposition + gerund
Mot so dong tu phai co gioi tu di cung. Dong tu theo sau nhung
dong tu nay la V_ing.
BE +
accustomed to, afraid of, angry, (at someone) about, ashamed of,
capable of, certain of/ about, concerned with, critical of,
discouraged from, enthusiastic about, familiar with, famous for,
fond of, glad about, good at happy about, incapable of, interested
in, jealous of, known for, nervous about, prefer for, proud of,
responsible for, sad about, successful in, suitable for, tired of,
tolerant of, upset about, used to, useful for, worried about, …
+ doing something.
II- Infinitives (to Verb):
1) Verb + to Verb:
Agree, aim, appear, arrange, attempt, care, claim, consent,
decide, decline, demand, desire, expect, fail, guarantee,
hesitate, hope, intend, learn, manage, need, offer, plan,
pledge, refuse, resolve, seem, struggle, swear, tend, volunteer,
wait, want, wish, …
+ to do something.
2) Verb + object + to Verb:
Advise, command, convince, force, get, hire, invite, order,
persuade, remind, require, teach, tell, trust, urge, warn, …
+ someone + to do something.
3) Verb + (object) + to Verb:
Ask, beg, choose, dare, desire, expect, help, know, need, offer,
pay, prepare, promise, want, wish would like, …
+ (object) + to do something.
4) Adjective + to Verb:
Afraid, alarmed, amazed, anxious, astonished, careful, curious,
delighted, depressed, determined, difficult, disappointed,
distressed, disturbed, eager, easy, embarrassed, excited,
fascinated, fortunate, frightened, glad, happy, hard, hesitant,
impossible, interested, likely, lucky, necessary, pleased,
possible, prepared, proud, ready, relieved, reluctant, right, sad,
scared, shocked, sorry, surprised, unlikely, unnecessary,
willing, wrong, …
+ to do something.
* Nhung Adjective sau khong di voi to Verb:
Be busy, have a good time, have trouble, it’s no use, it’s (not)
worth, have fun, spen, an hour, spend time, waste time.
III- Nhung dong tu ma theo sau co the dung TO VERB
hoac V_ING la:
Attempt, begin, can’t bear, can’t stand, cease (= stop),
continue, forget, hate, like, love, neglect, prefer, propose,
regret, remember, start, stop, try.
+ to do something/ doing something.
IV- Verb used with Gerund and Infinitives:
Begin/ Start/ Continue:
- Di voi Infinitive hoac Gerund deu duoc
- Neu dong tu chia o thi tiep dien thi chi duoc dung
to Verb.
Like/ love/ hate/ prefer:
- Dung to Verb hoac V_ing deu duoc.
- To verb: xuat phat tu mot hoan canh dac biet
nao do. Co thoi gian xac dinh. (vi du: Troi nong
qua, tui thich di boi ngay bay gio. )
- V_ing: noi ve so thich. Khong co thoi gian xac
dinh. (Vi du: Tui thich nghe nhac – do la so thich,
thoi quen cua tui)
Try + to Verb: co gang/ Try + V_ing: thu.
Remember/ Stop/ Forget/ Regret:
- To Verb: de dien ta mot hanh dong xay ra sau
hanh dong cua dong tu chinh.
- V_ing: de dien ta 1 hanh dong xay ra truoc hanh
dong cua dong tu chinh.
Luu y: - Forget thuong dung voi to Verb. Khi dung
voi V_ing thi phai co “will never” di kem: will never forget +
V_ing.
- Regret thuong dung voi V_ing. Ngoai tru nhung
dong tu sau: inform, tell, say va announce co
the dung to Verb va V_ing.
Tom lai: Nguyen ly chia dong tu phia sau nhung dong tu:
remember/ stop/ forget/ regret/ … noi rieng va da so nhung
dong tu khac noi chung: xem xet coi luc nguoi do nho/ quen/
ngung/ … thi cai hanh dong di sau da thuc hien hay chua.
- Neu roi: dung V_ing
- Neu chua: dung To Verb.