Complex gerunds and infinitives. Lesson 1

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[@yanggang4352]

"Eating ice cream, my mobile rang". That's a dangling participle!

[@MrSkypelessons]

Well spotted!

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[@pratibhabhandari9164]

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[@hassebrajub2072]

Having been eating ice-creams all day isn't good for you. It's perfect gerund. Having eaten an ice-cream, I started playing a game. It's perfect participle.

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[@zilvinasvidmantas1973]

I'm not native English and even not very proficient in English. But I'm mathematician and I like strict rules: 1. Rule: Gerund acts like noun. 2. Rule: nouns do conjugate and do not pertain to tenses. 3. Deduction: Speaking about gerund and tenses is irrelevant. In in all places where you conjugate "gerund" you really conjugate verb and loose gerund altogether. To keep gerund in place for Perfect tense you should say: Having finished eating my ice cream, I went to work. Eating not conjugates if it is gerund, unless it is verb?

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[@blackyrocky7438]

Sir! Please make a video on complex gerund agreement: eg playing football and dancing at the party are or is my favourite hobbies.. I think " are ".. but sometimes it agrees with singular verbs and sometimes with plural

[@harnijan4452]

This is top notch, professor. Congratulations on a wonderful lesson. Btw i have a query, Can we not have a passive form of these two forms in the simple aspect as well? Them being 1. to be done( for to infinitive) and 2. been doing (for the gerund) Or are these in any way different topics?

[@amitgupta696]

Hello Sir, You have awesome knowledge of English, i am watching each of your videos. I have one question about an infinitive VS Gerund-Can qualitative adjectives can use with Gerund ? example- i am sad to have loosed the match or i am sad loosing the match. Kindly guide me for saying sentences- As you described about infinitives- action yet to happens & Gerund- work completed and running .

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[@harnijan4452]

Is there not something wrong with "while eating ice cream, my mobile rang" should it not be "while i was eating my ice cream, my mobile rang" Am i making a mistake here? I saw it was wrong when i flipped the two phrases,as it ended up looking like "my mobile rang while eating ice cream" which to me looks wrong.

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[@mapmanic]

Is it "to + infinitive"? or is it just "infinitive"? Or would it be better to say: the infinitive, in English, is constructed by placing "to" in front of the "regular form" of the verb?

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[@pratibhabhandari9164]

Present perfect is connected with present and the past which means action that started in the past is complete with result. Action is complete. How does it connect with perfect infinitive.

[@amitjain165]

Sir While eating ice cream ,my mobile rang Isn't it Wrong to write it any context Bcs we have to Identify first subject Like While I eating icecream ,my mobile rang Isn't it right Plz address the issue

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[@nguyenphuonglinh7186]

Sorry teacher! I have a clause not understanding. I can't decide what form to use: present or perfect participle? We have written two tests today, so we are so excited . And if 2 clauses is not the sam tense can we use this way to shorten it? I mean two clauses in different tenses one is Past one is present .

[@ahmadullahsiddque9282]

I didn't properly get this one. saying, I would like to have already eaten 3 ice creams. does it mean, I would like to if I get 3 ice creams or I would have eaten 3 ice creams if I had been given those.let me know sir.thanks in advance.

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[@Uk-foodie07]

i decided to have been searching her all day ...is ;this sentence correct guys..please reply???

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[@melitonchiong4006]

Thank you for the lesson. However, I have some questions regarding the gerund part: In the sentence "Eating ice cream, my mobile rang," this is a dangling modifier because the mobile is the one eating ice cream. Also, in the third sentence, you noted that "having eaten" is a gerund because it is the verb and it is the subject. However, it is a verb phrase modifying the subject "I". Instead maybe you can have the following sentences: Simple: Eating ice cream is good for you. Continuous: Eating ice cream while talking is bad. Perfect simple: Having eaten ice cream is good before going to work. Perfect continuous: Having been eating ice cream all day made me sick. Can you clarify if these sentences also work?

[@MrSkypelessons]

Yes, it is a dangling participle. Sorry for the mistake! I'm afraid your last two sentences are incorrect.

[@eclecticeccentrickamikaze6526]

​@@MrSkypelessons Isn't "having eaten my ice cream, I went to work" an example of a perfect participle. Both perfect gerund (N) and perfect participle (adj/adv) can be confusing sometimes. i wish someone may make a separate video on how to recognize or "difference b/t perfect gerund and perfect participle. Examples of the perfect gerund: I denied having eaten ice cream at Dairy Queen. She admitted having been a member of the gang. She denied having seen her eating ice cream - Right

[@MrSkypelessons]

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[@mjtarot6996]

Dave,dont you think HAVING EATEN MY ICE CREAM in the second last sentence and HAVING BEEN EATING ICE CREAM ALL DAY in the last one are both perfect participle phrases,and not gerunds? The second reason that these two phrases are participial phrases and not gerunds is that gerunds are never set off with commas from the rest of the sentence

[@MrSkypelessons]

Yes, you are right. Watch my recent videos on gerunds and participles for clarification

[@amitjain165]

All are Not gerunds All are participles Ain't they ?

[@amitjain165]

Bro Can u solve the issue About I would like to tell you Or I would love telling you Whene do we use both in separate conditions Clear it Plz

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[@sergeysmyslov1221]

Having eaten my ice cream, or having lost my key- it is not gerund!!!🤦‍♂️it is perfect participle1. In Russia everybody knows it!😉

[@MrSkypelessons]

Try asking English people what's the difference :) Or even better, try asking the professors at Cambridge University what's the difference. Their answer may surprise the Russians.

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@@MrSkypelessons Or may not😉

[@Аудиприложениеучебникуанглийск]

@@MrSkypelessons вот "asking" тут является герундием, а "havin' eaten" это у нас считается причастием

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[@jhersky1]

Having eaten ... Having been eating ... Gerund??? Or participles???

[@MrSkypelessons]

Participles.

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sir after to v+ing not allowed if it is phrasal verb.if it is plz explain it's cause

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[@mapmanic]

"an ice cream" ... that's a bit odd to choose something that's usually a non-countable noun for this example. Is this a British thing? Better, for the sake of ESL students, to use a more common term (preferably, a single word) in this instance. How about "an orange"?... he-he-he... just because I want to hear you say "orange" with your charming Londoner accent

[@MrSkypelessons]

+mapmanic www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ice-cream 1.1 [COUNT NOUN] A serving of ice cream.

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