Gerunds and Infinitives – ESL Grammar Game
- Jogging is a good form of exercise.
- To jog is a good form of exercise.
- I like swimming.
- I like to swim.
- Gerunds – best for use in sentences where action is complete or have been completed, or real. For example – I stopped answering the phone. Here it means I was answering the phone all along and now I just completed answering the phone and moved on to something else.
- Infinitives – best for use in sentences about actions that will either occur in the future, are unreal or simply abstract. For example – I stopped to answer the phone. Here it means I was in the middle of something, then first I stopped, then I answer the phone next.