DANH DONG TU -

a. Gerund: diển tả một hành động mang tính chất tổng quát.
Động từ tận cùng bằng V_ing, làm chủ ngữ (S) hay tân ngữ(O) của các động từ. Có thể dùng
để trả lời cho câu hỏi What & Who
Ex: Swimming is good exercise.
S V
We enjoy meeting you.
S V O
* The verbs can only be followed by _ing form: admit, avoid, consider, delay, dislike, excuse,
forgive, like, prevent, remember, anticipate, begin, deny, enjoy, finish, postpone, defer, stop,
suggest, love
- Common expressions with go + ing: go shopping, go swimming, go dancing, go drinking,
- Preposition + gerund
Ex: She is good at singing a English song
He
b. to_infinitive: diển tả một hành động mang tính chất cụ thể (ở đâu, khi nào).
* The verbs can only be followed by to_infinitive form: ask, try, want, decide, expect, forget,
hesitate, hope, learn, manage, plan
Ex: We hope to see her again.
I want to leave here now.
* The verbs + object + to_infinitive: advice, allow, cause, encourage, expect, invite, persuade,
tell, want, plan
Ex: My parent expect me to be a teacher
I advise you to see a doctor.
Note: * The to_infinitive & gerund never mean the same when we use after these verbs:
remember, forget, try, stop
- remember + to_infinitive: refers to an action in the future
Ex: I remember to post the letter
- remember + _ing: refers to the past
Ex: I remember posting the letter
- forget + to_infinitive: refers to the future actions
Ex: Don’t forget ask Tom. I forgot to ask Tom.

- forget + _ing: refers to the past
Ex: Have you forgotten meeting her?
- regret + to_infinitive: refers to the future or present actions
Ex: We regret to announce you that you failed in the exam
-regret + _ing: refers to the present or past actions
Ex: I regret buying so many books
- try + to_infinitive: refers to make an effort
Ex: you should try to get high marks in the final exam
- try + _ing: refers to experiment
Ex: Try learning English and you will find it interesting.
- stop + to_infinitive: refers to a purpose
Ex: On the way to school, I stopped to buy a book
- stop + _ing: -ing is the object of the verb:
Ex: we couldn’t stop laughing because of his funny story