1.4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Grammar

Gerund and to infinitive

Hoeveel -ing vormen en to infinitive?

I love staying up late. On Saturday nights, I sometimes start to watch a film at 11 p.m. I’d like to stay up late on weekday nights too, but my parents don’t allow me to do that. Instead, I agree to go to bed at 10. I try to sleep, but I’m not very good at sleeping at that time. I prefer lying in bed all morning.

What are you planning to do / doing at the weekend, Josh?

I don’t know. I want to write / writing the French essay

Finish to write / writing it, in fact.

Well, no, it doesn’t. I can’t stand to learn / learning French. What about you, Jessica?

Well, I’m trying to earn / earning some money for a new camera.

He is offering to pay / paying me five pounds an hour

In fact, he wants
me to bring / bringing a friend too.

That’s great! I need some cash. And I’m really good at to plant / planting!