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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

Bu ünitede aşağıdaki konuları öğreneceksiniz:

• 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.

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