Understanding Perfect Infinitives and Gerunds

The video tutorial explores the concepts of perfect infinitive and perfect gerund, explaining their relationship with infinitives, gerunds, and perfect tenses. It provides examples of usage in different contexts, such as hypotheticals, conditionals, and future perfect scenarios. The tutorial also discusses sentence structures involving these forms and invites viewers to ask questions for further clarification.

What are perfect infinitives related to?

• Two plus infinitives and perfect tenses

• Simple past tense

• Future continuous tense

• Present continuous tense

What is the structure of a perfect infinitive?

• To plus base form

• To plus past participle

• To plus have and the third form

• To plus present participle

When is the 'to' not included in a perfect infinitive?

• After a conjunction

• After a modal verb

• After a noun

• After an adjective

Which of the following verbs is commonly used with perfect infinitives?

• Run

• Sleep

• Claim

• Eat

How can you express 'She claims to have seen him before' using a perfect tense?

• She claims that she sees him before

• She claims that she has seen him before

• She claims that she will see him before

• She claims that she had seen him before

What does 'I would like to have joined you' imply?

• I am joining you

• I did not join you

• I joined you

• I will join you

In which context is the perfect infinitive used with 'expect'?

• Past perfect

• Future perfect

• Present continuous

• Simple past

What is the structure of a perfect gerund?

• Having and the third form

• To and the base form

• Having and the base form

• To and the third form

What does 'Having finished my homework, I popped around my friend's place' imply?

• I finished my homework after visiting my friend

• I did not finish my homework

• I visited my friend before finishing my homework

• I finished my homework before visiting my friend

What is the difference between 'admit being a member' and 'admit having been a member'?

• No difference

• The first implies current membership, the second implies past membership

• The first implies past membership, the second implies current membership

• Both imply future membership