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C The bare infinitive (without to) D Difference in meaning
The bare infinitive (without to) can be used after certain Some verbs can be followed by both the gerund and the
verbs (e.g. had better, would rather / sooner, let, dare) infinitive, but there is a difference in meaning (e.g. forget,
mean, regret, remember, stop, try)
We’d better shape up if we want to enter the race.
We’ll never forget travelling through Italy by bike. /
Don’t forget to take your ticket when you travel.
I regret signing up for that boot camp class. / I regret to
tell you that the class is closing.

12 V e r b p a t t e r n s
1 Rewrite the sentences 1–10 using gerunds and infinitives.
0 The doctor advised me to give up fast food, but I can’t bear the idea.
I’d hate to have to give up fast food, like the doctor advised.
I know I came last in the sailing race I entered, but I don’t regret it.
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I’ll never regret the race, even if I did come last.
2 The teacher wasn’t too happy that I had to leave the class early.
I don’t think the teacher was too happy with class early.
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3 The only reason I got fit was because my friend wouldn’t stop nagging me about it.
Without I would never have got fit.
4 Nobody realised how unhealthy he was until it was too late.
They failed how unhealthy he was until it was too late.
5 Her preference was to go camping but everybody else insisted on staying in a hotel.
She would but everybody else insisted on staying in a hotel.
6 It is the local council who run the gym on a day-to-day basis.
The daily is undertaken by the local council.
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I don’t think anyone was impressed with all through the yoga class.
They were cheating on their test and the examiner spotted it.
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The examiner their test.
9 It’s brilliant that the women’s team are getting paid as much as the men!
For as much as the men is brilliant!
You can’t eat or drink inside the auditorium.
10
There’s no inside the auditorium.
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