Gerund and Infinitive - Rules

After the phrase "I am the next..., He is the last..., She is the first..."

• To infinitive

• Bare infinitive

• Gerund

After the phrases "had better and would rather" we put...

• Bare infinitive

• To infinitve

• Gerund

After the question words like "where, how, who, what, which" we put...

• Bare infinitve

• To infinitive

• Gerund

After the question word "why" we put...

• Bare infinitive

• To infinitive

• Gerund

After the phrases like "spend time..., waste money...., lose time..." we use...

• Bare infinitve

• To infinitive

• Gerund

After modal words "can, would, may, might, should, must" we use...

• Bare infinitive

• To infinitive

• Gerund

After the phrases "You make me..., You let him..." we use

• Bare infinitve

• To infinitive

• Gerund

After prepositions we use...

• Bare infinitve

• To infinitive

• Gerund

After the phrase "It is interesting/cool/exhausting..." we use...

• Bare infinitive

• To infinitve

• Gerund

If I use the word "see, hear, watch, notice" and mean thet I have seen, or have heard just a part of action, I use

• Bare infinitive

• To infinitve

• Gerund