NON CONJUGATED FORMS
Infinitive Gerund Participle
nominalization
FULL (to) BARE (to) Found: PRESENT PAST
Found: Found: Progress, Completion,
continuity, result.
repetition. Consequence
Cause (interested)
(interesting)
Subject: After modal As a subject: As an As an
To study verbs: Smoking is bad adjective: adjective:
means Must, may, for you Sleeping A bored man
suffering might, can, beauty
could, will,
would, shall,
should,
need, dare.
After certain After: After certain Continuous Perfect
verbs: Had better verbs: tenses tenses
aim, You’d better admit –avoid –
appear, study commence –
arrange, Would consider – delay –
attempt, rather deny – describe
begin, I’d rather –finish – imagine
choose, study – involve – keep –
continue, mind – miss –
decide, postpone –
expect, practise – recall –
forget, resent – resist –
happen, risk – stop –
hope, learn, suggest
long,
manage, He keeps calling
mean, her
need,
neglect,
plan, prefer,
prepare,
pretend,
prove,
resolve,
seek, seem,
tend, want,
wish
After certain After verbs After verbs of Verbs of Passive voice
verbs + sb + of liking and perception
inf perception disliking: (partial
Allow, (full action) Like – dislike – perception or
cause, (feel – hear adore – enjoy – repetition)
challenge, – listen to – fancy – detest – I saw her
choose, notice – dread crying
compel, observe –
dare, defy, see – I like swimming
enable, watch)
expect,
force, get, I saw him
induce, enter the
inspire, club
intend, lead,
like, mean,
oblige, pay,
permit,
prefer,
programme,
prompt,
teach, train,
want, will
To replace After WHY? After ALL Reduced Reduced
a relative to indicate prepositions relative relative
clause: that you clauses: clauses:
The man to think that an The man An island is a
consult is action is sitting on the piece of land
Mariano foolish or bench surrounded
pointless by water
After wh After WHY After:
words: NOT? Devote –
I don’t know to suggest contribute – look
what to do what forward to –
someone confess to –
should do adjust to
After certain After KNOW Adjective:
adjectives: in negative, A walking stick
Happy to simple past A sleeping pill
see you or perfect
Afraid to clause, the
Pleased to bare
Delighted to infinitive is
used,
meaning
that
something
does not
usually
happen:
I never
knew him
smoke
After certain After certain
nouns expressions:
derived To be busy doing
from verbs To be worth doing
It’s no use doing
Spend time doing
No point in doing
To express After GO:
purpose: Leisure-time
They locked activities/sports:
the door to go biking, go
stop us boating, go
bowling, go
carolling (at
Christmas), go
dancing,
go drinking, go
driving (for
enjoyment), go
hunting, go
jogging, go scuba
diving, go
shopping (for), go
window shopping,
go sightseeing, go
sky diving, go
swimming
To express After certain
result adjectives:
Nice meeting you
After TOO:
to indicate
that the
action is not
possible
After
ENOUGH:
to indicate
that the
action is
possible
After Make After Make
and allow in and Let in
the passive the active
Try + ing = different methods
Try + to = attempt
Go on + ing = continue an activity
Go on + to = pass on to the next stage
Propose + to = plan, intention
Propose + ing = recommendation
Want + to = desire
Need + too = desire
Want +ing = pseudo passive
Need + ing = pseudo passive
Mean + to = intend
Mean + ing = involves
Regret + to = communication verbs - mitigator
Regret + ing = past reference
Stop + to = make a pause in order to do something else
Stop + ing = cease an activity
