Now that we've learned the basics of gerunds and infinitives, let's take a closer look at some of the verbs that can be used with infinitives and how they are used.
Begin, Start, Continue
The verbs begin, start, and continue are special verbs that come before infinitives and gerunds. In sentences that you use them in, the gerund form and the infinitive form mean the exact same thing. You can choose whether you want to use the infinitive form or the gerund form of the sentence.
| Infinitive form | Gerund form | |
| She started to cry. | or | She started crying. |
Both of these sentences mean the same thing because they both used the verb start.
| Infinitive form | Gerund form | |
| He started to sing. | or | He started singing. |
| It continued to rain. | It continued raining. | |
| They began to run. | They began running. |
Like, Love, Hate, Prefer
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