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Period 2 Using Language
1. How to use -ing form as objects
2. How to use -to infinitives as objects
3. The differences between -ing forms and -to infinitives as objects
4. Exercises
Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Sentences(a),(c) and (e) are from the reading passage.
a. J.D. Salinger started writing short stories in high school,...
b. J.D.Salinger started to write short stories in high school,.
c. Nevertheless, the sisters didn't stop trying.
d. Nevertheless, the sisters didn't stop to try.
e. These are the words that every writer dreads receiving,.
1. Do sentences (a) and (b) have the same meaning?
2. Do sentences (c) and (d) have the same meaning?
3. Can"receiving" in sentence (e) be changed into "to receive"?
Yes, the two sentences have the same meaning.
No, they don't. Sentence (c) means the sisters didn't try any more. Sentence (d) means the sisters began to try.
No, it can't. A noun or -ing form can follow the word “dread”.
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