Читать книгу English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 3. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. онлайн

What I mean is, we can never say She wanted go. or They enjoy run.

The second verb has to change, and the first verb dictates what form the second verb will be. To make these sentences correct, we have to say or

But why? And why can’t we say,

The simplest answer is, because there are certain rules we have to follow. Some verbs must be followed by gerunds.

Thus, we say doing and we can never say He enjoys to do puzzles.

The list of the verbs that are followed by gerunds is not so big. The most common are:

love, like, dislike, hate, enjoy, prefer, finish, avoid, admit, confess to, consider, continue, deny, discuss, keep (=continue), look forward to, feel like, can’t help, imagine, fancy, miss, mind , can’t stand, object to, quit, pracrise, risk, spend, suggest, understand, etc.

EXERCISE 1

of gerund

1 Kudjo and Chilly spent all the morning ***** the boarding house.

2 Luna enjoys ***** and the girls spent all the night *****.

3 In the morning Cuba felt like ***** in bed till the evening.

4 But she couldn’t help ***** to join Luna for breakfast.

5 She knows Luna can’t stand ***** alone.

6 After breakfast Cuba and Luna were looking forward to ***** Kudjo and Chilly but they didn’t come.

7 Cuba found the message from Chilly, where he admitted ***** to the boarding place without them.

8 Luna and Cuba objected to ***** at home while the boys were having an adventure in the boarding house.

9 Luna suggested ***** Kudjo and Chilly.

10 Luna and Cuba will risk ***** into trouble if they go to this place on their own.

11 They prefer ***** a risk to feeling bored at home.

EXERCISE 2

 the gerund:

For example,

can’t stand

 risk

look forward to

admit

enjoy

don’t mind

avoid

can’t help

object to

prefer

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