Can anybody explain this of verbs infinitive and gerund?
1.Would you like listening (listen) to some music?
2.Simon and Sally have started to cook (cook) the dinner.
3.I prefer windsurfing (windsurf) to sail (sail)
4.I don’t remember to meet (meet) Sally.
5.I’ll never forget to visit (visit) Oxford in 1983
6.I’ll try coming (come) to the meeting, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to.
7.Could you stop working (work) for a moment? I’d like to speak to you.
Some of these are incorrect - I'll just give you some hints:
1. Incorrect. There's a major difference between <em>like</em> and <em>would like</em>.
2. Correct. This is one example where the meanings overlap, and you can use either.
3. Incorrect. There's a rule in writing called "parallelism", which basically means "stay consistent". Try again. ;)
4. Incorrect. Either form can follow "remember", but the meanings are completely different. Think about this one again.
5. Incorrect. The same reason as for sentence 4.
6. Incorrect. The same reason as for 4 and 5.
7. Correct. Again, there's a major change in meaning if you use "to work".
Basically, if we are speaking about putting an infininitve or gerund after verb, there are four groups of verbs:
Verbs that always are followed by gerund:
<em>admit, go, quit, practice, consider</em>
Verbs that are always followed by infinitive:
<em>agree, care, want, wait</em>
Verbs that can be followed by infinitive or gerund without changing the meaning:
<em>begin, prefer, hate, love, like</em>
Verbs that can be followed by infinitive or gerund but with change in the meaning:
<em> regret, forget, stop, remember, try</em>
