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प्रश्न
Dinesh and Divya have been assigned homework on non-finite. They are not sure when to use a gerund and when to use an infinitive. They decide to meet their teacher and get their doubts cleared. The teacher introduces them to Mr. Gerund and Ms. Infinitive.
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उत्तर
| Teacher | This is Mr.Gerund.You may have seen him after these verbs ‘enjoy’, ‘finish’, ‘keep’, ‘mind’, ’suggest’, ’forgive’, ’excuse’, ‘postpone’,’ go’ |
| Gerund | I come after a Preposition too. |
| Teacher | Mr. Gerund comes in handy to describe a real action. |
| Infinitive | Hello friends, I am Infinitive. Words such as ‘like’, ‘refuse’ are followed by me. |
| Dinesh | I know you. I take your help to describe a general or future action. (I think I need to get up early tomorrow to complete my grammar exercise). |
| Divya | You have helped me to express ‘reason’, ’intention’,’ purpose’. (I wish to finish my assigment by tonight.) |
| Gerund | Do you know, after verbs like ‘begin’,’ love’,’ continue’, ‘try’, ‘learn’, ‘start’, ‘neglect’, you can use either of us? |
| Infinitive | But remember we mean different things when used after ‘stop’. |
| Dinesh | Divya, When we saw Rajesh at the mall, I stopped to talk to him. Why didn’t you wait? |
| Divya | Don’t you know I stopped talking to him? |
| Gerund | I am also used after these phrases –‘It’s no use ‘, ‘It’s no good‘ |
| Dinesh and Divya | Thank you , mam. Bye Mr.Gerund and Ms.Infinitive. |
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