Gerunds and Infinitives Meaning Changes - Grammar Question Practice
Practise gerunds and infinitives meaning changes through personal questions and paired speaking at B2 level. Includes a model exchange, follow-up support and a communicative task; answers are open-ended.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Model exchange
- Topic-based partner questions
- Follow-up support
- Communicative pair practice
Distinguish duties, memories, interruptions and attempted solutions through verb patterns.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use the single learner page in pairs. Personal or invented responses can vary; there is no fixed answer key.
- Compare remembering to lock the door with remembering turning the key.
- Discuss duties and memories, then contrast stopping an activity with stopping to rest and trying a method with trying to achieve a goal.
- Solve a recurring problem by explaining a failed attempt, a method to try and a duty to remember; agree a workable plan.
Support and extension
Ask learners to explain the meaning before choosing a form. Try doing and try to do can overlap in context, so avoid treating every example as an absolute either/or rule.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
