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Topic Summary - Gerunds and Infinitives

- I am right, aren’t I?
What is in this unit?

GERUNDS and INFINITIVES
▪Gerunds ▪Bare Infinitives ▪Perfect Infinitives
▪Passive Gerunds ▪To Infinitives ▪Perfect Passive Infinitives
▪Perfect Gerunds ▪Progressive Infinitives ▪Perfect Progressive Infinitives
▪Passive Perfect Gerunds ▪Passive Infinitives
In this unit you will learn to use …

• gerunds.
- Parents should avoid putting too much academic pressure on children.
• passive gerunds.
- Nearly all teachers hate being interrupted while they are delivering a lecture.

• perfect gerunds.
- Lisa regretted having said those hurtful words to her best.
• passive perfect gerunds.
- The company’s CEO was suspected of having been involved in the financial scandal, which led to his resignation
and a thorough investigation.
• bare infinitives.
- Why don’t you let the students come up with their own decisions?
• to infinitives.
- Fruits and vegetables are known to contain essential vitamins and nutrients.

• progressive infinitives.
- The new marketing strategy seems to be working as website traffic and sales have significantly increased.
• passive infinitives.
- After completing the task, the worker wanted to be paid more than the agreed amount, which caused conflict with
the employer.
• perfect infinitives.
- The ancient Mayans are known to have built impressive architectural structures, such as Chichen-Itza and Tikal.
• perfect passive infinitives.
- The latest model of the smartphone is said to have been purchased by millions of people around the world
within the first week of its release.
• perfect progressive infinitives.
- Janine is known to have been following a healthy lifestyle over the past few months.

YDT - SORU DAĞILIMI VE YÜZDELİĞİ

Bölümler Vocabulary Grammar Cloze Sentence Completion Paragraph Comprehension Dialogue Restatement Situation Paragraph Completion Translation Eng – Tur Translation Tur – Eng Irrelevant Toplam

Soru Sayısı 5 10 5 8 15 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 80

Yüzdelik 6,25% 12,5% 6,25% 10% 18,75% 6,25% 6,25% 6,25% 6,25% 7,5% 7,5% 6,25% 100%

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