- •B. The Gerund as the Indirect/Prepositional Object
- •Preposition ‘of’
- •Preposition ‘for’
- •Preposition ‘on’
- •Preposition ‘to’
- •Preposition ‘in’
- •To be interested
- •Preposition ‘at’
- •Preposition ‘from’
- •Revision of gerund and infinitive
- •Appendix:
- •Infinitive and gerund
- •Verbs followed immediately by the infinitive
- •Verbs followed by either gerunds or infinitives without any change in meaning
- •Adjectives followed by the infinitive
- •Set expressions used with the infinitive
- •VI. Verbs commonly used with the gerund
- •VII. Adjectives always used with the gerund
- •Verbs with prepositions commonly used with the gerund
- •Set phrases with prepositions commonly used with the gerund
- •Gerunds after certain nouns with prepositions Preposition ‘of’
- •Preposition ‘at’
- •Preposition ‘for’
- •Preposition ‘in’
- •Miscellaneous Prepositions
- •Gerunds after prepositions
- •Infinitives and gerunds used with difference in meaning to stop
- •To remember, to forget, to regret,
- •To mean
- •To prefer
- •To like
- •To hate
- •To be sorry
- •To be afraid, to dread, to fear
- •To afford
- •To consider
- •To need
- •To advise to allow to recommend
- •To be interested
- •To imagine
- •Cannot help (used to say that it is impossible to avoid or prevent something)
To be interested
in + gerund |
infinitive |
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Shareholders will be interested to hear the details of the new proposal of the Board of Directors. – Акционерам будет интересно услышать детали нового предложения совета директоров. / Акціонерам буде цікаво почути деталі нової пропозиції ради директорів.
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Preposition ‘at’
to be aimed at |
to be surprised at |
to be good at |
to be astonished at |
to be displeased at |
to be bad at |
Jack was astonished at seeing us so soon.
My sister is good at looking after sick animals.
Mr. Townsend was displeased at being asked to repeat everything he had already said.
The City Council initiative was aimed at reducing road accidents.
