В роли подлежащего: Swimming is a good form of exercise. После определённых глаголов: Глаголы отношения: love, like, enjoy, prefer, dislike, hate ( ОБЩЕЕ ПРЕДПОЧТЕНИЕ): She prefers eating home-cooked meals. Другие глаголы: admit, avoid, appreciate, consider, continue, deny, fancy, go (for activities), imagine, mind, miss, practise, prevent, quit, save, suggest. Example: Would you mind closing the window?
После выражений: be busy, it’s no use, it’s (not) worth, can’t help, there’s no point (in), can’t stand, have difficulty (in): What’s the use of buying a car when you don’t even have a driver’s license? Со словами spend, waste, lose ( время/ресурсы) : He spent 2 hours doing his homework. После предлога to в устойчивых выражениях: look forward to, be/get used to, object to. После других предлогов (в роли дополнения): good at, insist on, expert in. С глаголами восприятия ( hear, see, watch, feel): - ing форма - действие в процессе. Инфинитив без to - завершённое действие.
Для выражения цели: He went to the store to buy bread. После определённых глаголов, относящихся к будущему: want, hope, decide, plan, promise, agree, appear, refuse : She decided to study abroad. После прилагательных, описывающих чувства/намерения: happy, glad, sorry, surprised, easy, difficult, important : It's important to be on time. После too/enough : He didn’t study enough to pass the exam. После словосочетаний be+first /second/next/last: Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the Moon. В устойчивых выражениях to tell you the truth, to be honest, to sum up, to begin with: I don’t really like her cooking, to tell you the truth.
После модальных глаголов ( can, must, should, will, might и др.): You must finish your work. После глаголов let, make, see, hear, feel: They won’t let Georgia go to the party. После выражений had better, would rather: You' d better call her. После глагола help можно и с to и без: He helped his brother (to) do his homework.
GR 11 прочитать про разницу в значении между инфинитивом с частицей to/- ing формой глагола. Выучить следующие глаголы до sew.
