var pbTabletSlots = [ bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776142', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448834' }}, dfpSlots['topslot_b'] = googletag.defineSlot('/23202586/cdo_topslot', [[728, 90]], 'ad_topslot_b').defineSizeMapping(mapping_topslot_b).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'top').setTargeting('hp', 'center').addService(googletag.pubads()); 4. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_btmslot' }}, googletag.cmd.push(function() { However the meaning changes. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971068', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555366', size: [320, 50] }}, Infinitives are mostly used when actions are unreal, abstract, or future. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446382' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '194852', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, A gerund is a verb in its ing (present participle) form that functions as a noun that names an activity rather than a person or thing. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '1673732', position: 'atf' }}, 7. ‘Try’ is a special verb in English because we can follow it with either a gerund (ing form) or infinitive. userIds: [{ googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); All depends on his getting the job. Which form you need depends on what the first verb is. bidders: '*', dfpSlots['rightslot'] = googletag.defineSlot('/23202586/cdo_rightslot', [[300, 250]], 'ad_rightslot').defineSizeMapping(mapping_rightslot).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'mid').setTargeting('hp', 'right').addService(googletag.pubads()); Have you ever tried to learn when to use ‘-ing’ and when to use infinitives (with or without usING ‘to’)?. (make a decision), What’s on your mind? (Can you please open the window) Note: In the first one the person himself wants to do something and asks for the other's permission. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448834' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387232' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654149' }}, var mapping_leftslot = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1063, 0], [[120, 600], [160, 600], [300, 600]]).addSize([963, 0], [[120, 600], [160, 600]]).addSize([0, 0], []).build(); It’s right by the door. }, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776340', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [320, 50] }}, We rejoiced at his winning. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot2' }}]}]; Any action verb can be made into a gerund. Here are some tips to remember. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971070', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, Do you mind turning down the volume a little, please? { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_300x250' }}, pid: '94' (STRIKE) 2. Do you mind me turning on the light? 'max': 3, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, ), and by a verb in the ing form when permanent tastes are being referred to (eg: I hate ending conversations prematurely. Like I like to have eggs for breakfast. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '1673732', position: 'atf' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776156', position: 'atf' }}, }, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195452', size: [300, 250] }}, Would you mind the window? { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971069', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, storage: { { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_HDX' }}, they should mind they have better lives because of them. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776130', position: 'btf' }}, The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555366', size: [300, 50] }}, We are prevented from talking to him. 1. priceGranularity: customGranularity, }, "sign-in": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/auth/signin?rid=READER_ID", The second one usually needs to change into the -ing form or the to + infinitive form. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195466', size: [728, 90] }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '194852', size: [300, 250] }}, "noPingback": true, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971069', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, {code: 'ad_contentslot_1', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50], [1, 1]] } }, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195466', size: [728, 90] }}, Mind as a verb We use the verb mind to mean ‘take care or be careful of or about something’, or ‘pay attention to something’. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971080', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, {code: 'ad_rightslot', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_rightslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_rightslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, } { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, 'min': 8.50, (I don't like dancing.) bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776144', position: 'btf' }}, 'increment': 0.05, iasLog("criterion : cdo_ei = mind"); (WAIT) 4. We use the verb mind to mean ‘take care or be careful of or about something’, or ‘pay attention to something’. I agreed to help Shona with her homework. We say I don’t mind, or it doesn’t matter. (go) 4. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, The most common of these verbs are verbs of liking and disliking: love, like, enjoy, don’t mind, don’t like, hate.If we use another verb after these verbs, it often takes the -ing form. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776156', position: 'atf' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, var pbjs = pbjs || {}; I like having eggs for breakfast. Verbing (Present Participle) Add ing to most verbs. As you can see, in sentences 1-3 TRY is followed by the INFINITIVE (to stop, to open and to be). You can use both the infinitive and the -ing form, and there’s no change in meaning. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195453', size: [320, 100] }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446384' }}, Watch the video and learn how ‘try to do’ is different from ‘try doing’. {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [300, 50] }}, Regret is followed by an -ing form when it refers back to the past. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, Verbs + -ing Some verbs in English are followed by another verb in the -ing form. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, }], { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971081', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_rightslot_flex' }}, A grain of rice and a clove of garlic: making uncountable nouns countable (1), Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_tc", "resp"); In this meaning, we usually use it in the imperative: Mind your head. avoid, dislike, enjoy, finish, give up, mind/not mind, practise. {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, I hate dancing, so don't ask me to. I hope you don’t mind my leaving early. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971067', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, When we refer to the future, we use present (not future) verb forms after mind: I don’t mind what day they come and stay as long as it’s not Tuesday 12th because I’m away. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195452', size: [336, 280] }}, _____ It was very nice of you for us. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_300x250' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555366', size: [320, 50] }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, She expects people her, but she never helps anyone! { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [320, 100] }}, googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(false); "error": true, But be careful - you always use 'to' before the infinitive… }; {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, {code: 'ad_topslot_b', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_topslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_topslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[728, 90]] } }, name: "criteo" Look at these example sentences: I dislike getting up early. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_topslot_728x90' }}, I regret quitting my job – it was a stupid thing to do. dfpSlots['btmslot_a'] = googletag.defineSlot('/23202586/cdo_btmslot', [[300, 250], 'fluid'], 'ad_btmslot_a').defineSizeMapping(mapping_btmslot_a).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'btm').setTargeting('hp', 'center').addService(googletag.pubads()); (you can sit here – I don’t mind). can’t stand I can’t stand going to parties where I don’t know anyone. That is one way of spending your money. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_ei", "mind"); { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448835' }}, using -ing, to or zero infinitive Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. syncDelay: 3000 Verbs + -ING. iasLog("criterion : cdo_l = en"); {code: 'ad_contentslot_2', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50], [1, 1]] } }, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654150' }}, "authorizationTimeout": 10000 { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195467', size: [320, 50] }}, Adverbs and adverb phrases: typical errors, Adjectives and adjective phrases: typical errors, Conjunctions: causes, reasons, results and purpose, Relative clauses referring to a whole sentence, Relative clauses: defining and non-defining, Nationalities, languages, countries and regions, types of English (formal, informal, etc. Would you mind is more polite and more common: Would you mind opening the window, please? bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776358', position: 'atf' }}, if(pl_p) 'min': 0, I like getting up early in summer. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '708801' }}, We can use don’t/doesn’t mind to mean ‘not feel annoyed or worried by something’. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654189' }}, (laugh) 3. Online quiz to test your understanding of to-infinitive or -ing in English. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776144', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195454', size: [300, 250] }}, Would you mind is more polite and more common: Would you mind opening the window, please? bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776338', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195465', size: [300, 250] }},