WRONG USAGE OF PARTICIPLES AND INFINITIVES IELTS EXAM
- Ask, advise, allow, command, force, forbid, invite, encourage, compel, beg, order•,
imagine, instruct, permit, persuade, tell, require, remind, teach, etc. are followed by Object + To +V2
Example
Incorrect- He advised to do it by me.
Correct- He advised me to do it.
But if these are used in Passive Voice, then they are followed by To +V,.
Correct- She was permitted to go with him.
- Know is followed by how/ where/when/why and Infinitive.
Example
Incorrect- I know to write a letter.
Correct- I know how to write a letter.
- After let, bid, behold, watch, see, feel, make etc. we use Bare-Infinitive and not To-
infinitive.
Example
Incorrect- I heard him to speak on several subjects.
Correct- I heard him speak on several subjects.
- Bare Infinitive is used after Modal Auxiliaries (can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, dare not,need not).
Example
Incorrect- You need not to work hard.
Correct- You need not work hard.
- Had better, had rather, had as soon … as …, had sooner etc. are followed by Bare Infinitive.
Example
Incorrect- He had better to go now.
Correct- He had better go now.
- Conjunction than is also followed by Bare Infinitive.
Example
Incorrect- He had better read than to write.
Correct- He had better read than write.
- When but is used as a Preposition and preceded by any form of the Verb do, then but is followed with Bare Infinitive.
Example
Incorrect- He did nothing but to wander.
Correct- He did nothing but wander.
- Every Participle must have a Subject of Reference.
Example
Incorrect- Being a rainy day Vijay decided to stay at home.
Correct- It being a rainy day Vijay decided to stay at home.
- For completed action Having + V is used in Active Voice, whereas Having + been + V or Being + V is used in Passive Voice. After should not be used in such a sentence.
Example
Incorrect- After the leader having been killed, the followers ran away.
Correct- The leader having been killed, the followers ran away.
- Participles like considering, judging, referring, concerning, regarding, viewing, broadly speaking etc. do not take any Subject of Reference.
Example
Correct – Considering the case, I took the decision.
Here ‘I’ is not a Subject of Reference of considering. So, there is no Subject of
Reference for ‘considering, still the sentence is correct.
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