hi guys welcome to Love English gerunds
and infinitives part two... if you haven't seen
part one then I suggest you watch that
before part 2 because it will just help
definitely this one's a bit more
difficult guys so if you haven't seen
part 1 this might be like being pushed into
the deep end of the swimming pool
so go and watch part 1.
Part one focused on gerund
verbs followed by gerund + verb followed
by to infinitive and remain that way...
this lesson we're gong to look at verbs that
can be followed by both gerund and to infinitive
tricky verbs that can go with either and
the meaning changes depending on whether they take a
gerund or whether they take an
infinitive yeah okay guys so the first
verb that i'm going to explain to you is stop
so stop can be followed by a gerund or
to infinitive but the meaning is quite
different
yeah okay so the best example I can give
you is to stop to do something now if I
stop to smoke
ok it means I literally stopped whatever
activity i was doing so for example
I could have been working yeah I could have
been eating strange but possible to be
on the phone
yeah yeah hey and actually finished the
activity and I stopped to smoke
Yes so you're working and you need a
cigarette you stop working to smoke.
i stopped to eat ...that's also
another example
yeah I don't need to say the activity
that you were doing before it's clearly
doing something else you just say i
stopped to smoke
ok and then if you were to say i stopped
smoking then that means you stop the
activity altogether you quit
yes ok so i stopped smoking I stopped
eating fast food
it means you quit that activity you've
given it up very similar they're
giving it up ...
I've got quite a tricky one for you yeah
this is hard this one is try now try
it with the ing form this is where we
are experimenting
so for example we're trying doing
something to see what happens for
example if someone says they want to
lose weight you could say oh try eating
less in the evening
ok or try exercising in the morning this
may help the person lose weight but may
not
yeah that's where we don't know what the
result will be it's an experiment like you
said Leila... like cooking i have a try
adding more spice yeah there we go
You Iranians you love spice...
Now try with to do so with the infinitive
form this is where we need to make an
effort with something out like I'm
trying to pass my exam try to do your
homework
yeah now guys I've got a good example for you
imagine that you have upset your girlfriend yeah
and you're trying to get back with her
you're trying to get back in her good
book yes it's difficult
you're trying to get back with her or if
someone says I feel down and
miss my girlfriend...the advice of a
friend might be try getting back with her
try giving her a call try buying her
flowers
yeah it's an experiment to see what
happens yeah okay okay and another one
is go on
ok so phrasal verb meaning usually just
to continue
yeah but we can say go on doing
something or go on to do something and
it has quite a big difference in meaning
so normally we would probably use the gerund
so ... i went on talking she went on
shopping and talking on shopping
yeah going on and on yeah So it means
they did this activity for a long
time and continued if I were to say I went on to
do something this means that we change
the activity and we started something
new so for example after University I
went on to do my Master's degree yeah you
had a nice example so that girl I know
from college she went on to become a
famous actress
yeah the change of activities that we're
doing something else before and they
changed it to do something else
important to point out there guys that
although we've got a preposition we can
use the infinitive form so there we've
got on we can put the infinitives so
it's an exception
I know English a horrible language
don't blame us we did not invent it
What about remember Sabrah... that's a
really good one...right now
remember with remember to do this is
what we need to remember to do things
for example it's an obligation
yes yes I need to remember to pay the
bill
yeah I need to remember to buy my
girlfriend a Valentine's Day
card...did you guys remember to do that huh?
now when it's with ing form remember doing
this is a memory so for example i
remember coming to this restaurant
you're remembering it from memory
do you remember borrowing that money
from me? ...conveniently no
so you're you're having the memory like
haha remember doing this
yeah I remember falling in love for the
first time
good example...so remember to do you
need to remember to do it the other one
with the ing form is the memory... yes
ok now there are some verbs that that can take
both gerunds and infinitives and the
difference in meaning is minimal
so for example like... I like to cook
I like cooking the difference in meaning
is is negligible
yeah don't worry too much also love, hate
begin start yes I started to do my
homework i started doing my homework
there's no difference guys like a couple
of nice easy ones for you that you can
remember but try remember stop and go on
big difference...
yeah so guys try have to leave a
comment so
there we go so it's something that could
be difficult you need to put some effort
in trying to leave a comment using these
verbs and putting them with gerund+
infinitive yes and seeing if y ou get
them right and we will have a look and
we will tell you if you're using them
correctly but don't forget or
remember to subscribe
it's an obligation yeah I
ok everybody thank
you very much
Bye!