GERUND TO INFINITIVES

GERUND

Gerund is a word formed from the verb with the added suffix (suffix)-ing and functions as a noun (a noun). Because gerund functioning as a noun, then there should be a verb in a sentence. As a noun, gerund can occupy the position as subject, direct object, subject complement, object of preposition, or appositive in a sentence.

Examples of functions and Gerund
1. Using Gerund as subject
    If Gerund as Subject , then Gerund may stand alone or form a phrase .

2. Using Gerund as object
    There are two possibilities if Gerund used as an Object , the Object of Preposition    (Word Object Front ) and the Object of Verb ( Object Verb ) .

   Using Gerund as Object of Preposition ( Object preposition )
   - Formula : Preposition + Gerund ( Verb + Ing )

   Using Gerund as Object of Verb ( Object Verb )

   - Formula : VERB + Gerund ( Verb + Ing )

3. Gerund as a compound ( Compound Noun ) which means the tool
4. Gerund is used to create a short ban or warning

 INFINITIVES

The meaning of the infinitive is "to + verb1". For example: to run, to play, to sleep, to study, to do, to clean, to grow, to kick, to smoke, ect.
Infinitives are generally used as the object of the sentence. In addition, infinitives are also sometimes used as the subject of the sentence.

A. Infinitives as Subjects
   As a subject of the sentence, the infinitive is generally in the form of the infinitive clause.

B. Infinitives as Objects
   If the verb followed by another verb, the verb that follows serves as the object of the sentence. Verbs that can be shaped to follow the infinitive or the gerund form can also, depending on the verbs that follow.

Example The Question:

1.My father’s favourite sport is .... football.
  a.Playing*
  b.Played
  c.Player

2.He enjoy ..... novel.
  a.Reading*
  b.Read
  c.Must be read

3.I finish ..... letter.
  a.Writing*
  b.Writen
  c.Write

4.... foreign languages is hard work.
  a.Learning*
  b.Was learn
  c.Learn

5.The land is good for ...
  a.Farming*
  b.Farmer
  c.Farmed

6.Her hobby is .... story.
  a.Telling*
  b.Tell
  c.To tell

7.I watched two lions ... in the grass in South Africa.
  a.Sleeping*
  b.Sleep
  c.To sleep

8.... is hobby.
  a.Swimming*
  b.The swimming
  c.To swimming

9.... may be hard for some people.
  a.Running*
  b.Run
  c.The run is

10.Everyone hates ....
   a.Waiting*
   b.Wait
   c.To wait

11.We are busy .... the school report.
   a.Finishing*
   b.Finish
   c.To finish

12.He prefers .... badminton to football.
   a.playing*
   b.played
   c.play

13.Before watching TV, they have ... their task.
   a.to finish*
   b.finish
   c.finished

14.The teacher asked me .... the whiteboard.
   a.to clean*
   b.the cleaned
   c.cleaner

15.Anita was sad .... that terrible news.
   a.to hear*
   b.hear
   c.hearing

16.We need water ....
   a.to drink*
   b.a drink
   c.drinking

17.I was invited to come ....
   a.to party*
   b.a party
   c.the party

18.Nancy stop ....
   a.to read*
   b.reading
   c.a read

19.Everybody has agreed ... again next week.
   a.to meet*
   b.meet
   c.the meet

20.I was pretending .... hard when my mom entered my room last     night.
   a.to study*
   b.studing
   c.for study

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