The infinitive (infinito) is the un-conjugated form of the verb, the form you find if you look up a verb in the dictionary. Each infinitive identifies which class the verb belongs to (for example, andare is an -are verb; mettere is an -ere verb, and dormire is an -ire verb.) There are several common uses of infinitives in Italian.
If you are looking for more practice on gerunds and infinitives, please check out my store!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gerunds-and-Infinitive An infinitive verb is the basic form of a verb. It is typically preceded with to, for example, to play, to touch or to walk. In some situations we use a bare infinitive without the to. For example, let me explain. T HE GERUND VERB FORM. A gerund is a verb form that ends in -ing. The gerund is a verb that acts like a noun. For example, walking Use the infinitive (to take) with a verb followed by an object (reminded me to take). 4. We postponed ______ until the following week. 'Postpone' takes the gerund (ing) form of the verb (postponed meeting). 5. I tend ___ very careful. 'Tend' takes the infinitive form of the verb (tend to be). 6. identify the infinitives, participles or gerunds. 1.The driver refused to wait. to wait - Infinitive. 2.Panting , I boarded the plane under the reproachful gaze of the other passengers. Panting – participle. 3.We saw an army of ants lugging a fly wich was at least ten times the ant’s size. Lugging – participle. Infinitives are so-called because they have no tense at all; finite verbs have tense, but non-finite (tenseless) verbs like infinitives and gerunds don't. However, since there is no future tense in English, practically anything can be used to imply the future, including the present tense, the progressive construction, and most modal auxiliaries
3. You are using two different meanings of get to, which are used different ways. One meaning is "have the opportunity to": this takes the infinitive. The other is something like "started to": this takes the gerund. For example, He got to see many animals. This means "He had the opportunity to see many animals". Only the infinitive is used here.
Verbs followed by a gerund or a bare infinitive. Verbs of observation and perception can be followed by either the gerund or the bare infinitive. A bare infinitive implies completion, a gerund progression of an action. These verbs include: feel, hear, listen to, notice, observe, perceive, see, sense, watch. Examples: I heard the bell ring
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