1. Using the instructions for using a CONCORDANCE, build a concordance of gerunds and infinitives.

2. Cut and paste examples into the chart below. (BOLD the gerund or infinitive -- follow other instructions below):

• Try to find at least two of each type. See how many different "other" functions you can find.
• Each group will be given one type in each chart to SPECIALIZE in. Try to find as many of your specialties as possible.

group: and
texts used:
specialties assigned: and

FUNCTION WITHIN SENTENCE:	gerund (-ing)	infinitive (to .. )
A. subject or subject complement -- underline the verb
B. object of verb -- underline the subject and verb
C. OTHER obj. of prep.
OTHER?
OTHER?
OTHER?
OTHER?
OTHER?

FORM of gerund/inf.	gerund (-ing)	infinitive (to .. )
D. with own subject -- underline the subject
E. with object -- underline the object
F. negative
G. passive
H. past
I. progressive

EXTRA CREDIT: ADD another file to your corpus and include examples from it in the chart. (find a document on the internet that you'd like to include, save it to your harddrive or disk AS A "TEXT" FILE, and follow the concordance instructions to append it to your corpus ... or just build a separate concordance from it.)

COMMENTS or QUESTIONS:

Ann Salzmann
Intensive English Institute
University of Illinois