Complex gerunds and infinitives. Lesson 2

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  • @xavierromerocarrion1369
    @xavierromerocarrion1369 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @yogilevo
    @yogilevo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @nosycatUK
    @nosycatUK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you are a great teacher!you work hard and well!great teacher!Respect!

  • @sait_k
    @sait_k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    To have been watching this lesson was awesome.

  • @ur4487
    @ur4487 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am grateful to you and regret not having watched your video before

  • @mehmetberisha3681
    @mehmetberisha3681 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ... really advanced lesson ...

  • @forumtranslation
    @forumtranslation 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are a perfect teacher. Thank you for your great efforts.

  • @tanyaakinayeva4964
    @tanyaakinayeva4964 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dave ,thank you very much for your quick reply.

  • @haiderps4
    @haiderps4 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're great instructor🌺

  • @juancarrillo6993
    @juancarrillo6993 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice explanation, very useful. thank you.

  • @مرادمحمدصبري
    @مرادمحمدصبري ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot

  • @mohamedmifras8274
    @mohamedmifras8274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sir,
    Infinitive
    After adjective
    Could we say?
    1)I am glad to have met him.

    • @mjtarot6996
      @mjtarot6996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes,we CAN say it that way too. Oxford grammar says that we can also use perfect infinitive with adjective. In fact,you can use all the four forms of infinitive with adjective. For instance,
      1. I am glad to know you.
      2. I am glad to be participating in the contest.
      3. I am glad to have already finished my work.
      4. It would be a pleasure for me to have been waiting for you all day tomorrow.

    • @mohamedmifras8274
      @mohamedmifras8274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mjtarot6996 Thank you so much

    • @mjtarot6996
      @mjtarot6996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My pleasure,brother.

  • @cblankcasierr5188
    @cblankcasierr5188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sir, I still can't understand when do we use 'to have + 3rd' and 'have + 3rd' ? are they literally the same just to show us about which situation comes in the first place?

  • @bachirhabalet9953
    @bachirhabalet9953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can hardly fathom out why " having been at the concert" is used as a subject.
    Isn't it used adverbially?

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, you are right. It is an adverbial participle phrase. I made a mistake.

    • @bachirhabalet9953
      @bachirhabalet9953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrSkypelessons you are a great teacher!

  • @bilalahmad-bo9ge
    @bilalahmad-bo9ge 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Try to put all ur lessons about gerund in one folder in play list...thank u

  • @mountaineer2393
    @mountaineer2393 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, Mister, thank you very much for you time and efforts! Would you please to make the same videos for "being" forms and "to" particle?

  • @andreagiraldomdphd.8376
    @andreagiraldomdphd.8376 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice lesson , Prof. My God it's so difficult. Thank you. A

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Andrea Giraldo Nah. Keep it simple, and just say it right again and again and again

    • @andreagiraldomdphd.8376
      @andreagiraldomdphd.8376 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +MrSkypelessons ok Prof. I do like your teaching. A

  • @salardz
    @salardz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello
    I truly appreciate your awesome video. I also have a question.
    With the verb (hope), is it alright to say I am hoping to have finished my project by this weekend. Can we use hope or expect in continues tense and the other clause in infinitive form.
    Thanks in advanced for your attention.

  • @zakiaadnane203
    @zakiaadnane203 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you

  • @sidahmedbahia4925
    @sidahmedbahia4925 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello.
    There is anyclass about words transformation ?
    for example : safety , safe , safer , saving ...

  • @sasvorobej
    @sasvorobej 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, very informative. But "Having been at the concert, I went home" isn't it a perfect participle?

  • @alexsnk1000
    @alexsnk1000 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a question with some verbs such as "forget" and "remember" many times I've heard for instance I remember coming here when I was younger and it gives you the idea that i used to come to that place when i was younger but would it be better if I I said that I remember having come here when I was younger and what's the difference between I remember coming and I remember having come

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +alexis ramirez There is no difference, and both forms are used, and are correct. I suppose that using the perfect gerund emphasizes that the moment has passed, but the simple gerund says the same thing.

  • @ivanivoilov6771
    @ivanivoilov6771 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello!A bit puzzled with the last two constructions in function of SUBJECT.Could you please explain,whether To have been at the concert is/was/will be/must be amazing means aftertaste(getting in car he called and said that whilst in car it was amazing because he had just been there…) or whether it means the atmosphere/music /process of concert and ongoing event itself(so kind of historical description)?can you describe difference between having been at the concert and to have been at the concert is /was amazing?Thanks!2)to be at the concert-means literally to danse/to drink =to be at the concert is amazing means to be inside the concert hall(=being at the cocnert)?Thanks much!

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Ivan Ivoilov 7:24

    • @sampathenglishacademy6864
      @sampathenglishacademy6864 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      1) to have been at the concert would have been amazing...(hypothetical- "really you have not been there")
      2) To have been at the concert was amazing. (Real - "you have been there" and it was amazing)
      3) being at the concert was amazing- (Real - "you have been there" and it was amazing)
      Dear sir...Im I correct ?????

  • @kuldippotter2033
    @kuldippotter2033 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thnx alot 🙂

  • @learningenglishwithindrajeetks
    @learningenglishwithindrajeetks 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He regretted telling lies to the police.
    Vs
    He regretted having told lies to the police.
    I am glad to meet you.
    Vs
    I am glad to have met you.

  • @rabiyakumari7799
    @rabiyakumari7799 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is believed to be a criminal. Does this sentence
    Suggest that people believe him to be a criminal NOW???
    And; he's believed to have been a criminal suggests that he was a criminal in the PAST.
    Is it correct if not, I'd love to be corrected

  • @chintuparida6974
    @chintuparida6974 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir please make a video about why the be verb is used in passive voice what is the concept of it please sir

  • @tanyaakinayeva4964
    @tanyaakinayeva4964 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, Dave. Can we still say : He claimed to not have been involved and if yes , then which form is used more often?

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tanya Akinayeva Both forms are used, and the one you choose depends on whether you want to convey a perfect meaning, or a simple meaning. (He claimed to be French = simple. He claimed not to have been involved in last weeks scandal = perfect). Don't split to + infinitive apart with 'not', and it sounds better.

  • @andreagiraldomdphd.8376
    @andreagiraldomdphd.8376 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear Prof , I saw this sentence I like to not go ? Is that correct instead of I like not to go ? Thank you. A

  • @МихаилКоваленко-ф9ц
    @МихаилКоваленко-ф9ц 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can i use "Past Perfect" instead of "to have +3nd"? He claimed that he hadn`t been involved.

  • @zakiaadnane203
    @zakiaadnane203 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    hello! thank you, I found this course very difficult My question is there any role when I use for example perfect gerund, passive gerund, or perfect passive gerund

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Zakia Adnane I list 7 different situations when we use perfect infinitives and gerunds (on the white board). If you want to know what passive is, and why we use it, try my lesson on passive. Start with this elementary lesson. th-cam.com/video/1JcO8MeQAfU/w-d-xo.html

  • @parassukhija9330
    @parassukhija9330 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Expain what is difference between perfect gerund and perfect participle.

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go to my videos on participles and gerunds.

  • @gloriamaria7032
    @gloriamaria7032 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    very complicated

  • @abbeslifefit661
    @abbeslifefit661 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    you have good accent

  • @nbnspokenenglish8055
    @nbnspokenenglish8055 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    sir , could you please make video how to use being+v3

  • @ivanivoilov6771
    @ivanivoilov6771 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    but what is not before an amazing(I'am right now citing your words)-having been or to have been?-to have been =experience /afterstate`?

  • @youtubebug8811
    @youtubebug8811 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    to+(v)ing is possible any condition?

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Tuhin Sinha Ray Phrasal verbs ending in 'to'. Or verb prep conjugations ending in 'to'. They are always followed by gerund.

    • @youtubebug8811
      @youtubebug8811 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks sir

  • @scorpianofficial
    @scorpianofficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @sankarp4988
    @sankarp4988 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is believed to have been living here....
    ie...He is believed that he has been living here
    That you fail to emphasize it in your lecture, to know the grammar easily to the listeners.

  • @ewqew123456
    @ewqew123456 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    you great

  • @davideghazal6284
    @davideghazal6284 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would it more correct to say I have been to the party or I have been at the party? Thank you!

  • @sait_k
    @sait_k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this true?
    He is proven not to have been committing the felony.

  • @timurmamedov5415
    @timurmamedov5415 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always thought of when we use actions before past simple we have to use past perfect(not present perfect). And this lesson got me completely confused

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Timur Mamedov None of the sentences in this video are present perfect. They are perfect infinitive or perfect gerund. Watch lesson 1 and you will see that the perfect aspect (both simple and continuous forms) is possible in present tense, past tense, future tense, gerunds and to + infinitive. And perfect forms ALWAYS refer to moments which occurred earlier than other moments.

    • @timurmamedov5415
      @timurmamedov5415 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +MrSkypelessons Thanks for explanation!

  • @hohomeagain
    @hohomeagain 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    erm.... when you said " exactly the same.." then followed by " or very very similar " is like saying that " they are absolutely twins and then again maybe it just two persons that look 93.7% alike..."

  • @ahmadullahsiddque9282
    @ahmadullahsiddque9282 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    to have been killed was his life's the biggest mistake.how is it?

  • @Lorenzo88890
    @Lorenzo88890 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can I say '' He's believed to have been living here for 3 years'' though he doesn't live there at the present? Or progressive perfect infinite must be used only for actions or situation that are true now( he still lives there...)? Thanks

    • @Lorenzo88890
      @Lorenzo88890 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ''He's believed to have lived here for 3 years''. (He lived there some times ago)
      ''He's believed to have been living here for 3 years''. (He's been living there for 3 years) I'm right?

  • @slavikslavko6059
    @slavikslavko6059 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stay aside of the writting desk.

    • @hohomeagain
      @hohomeagain 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      If he stays aside from the writing board while explaining, you would probably think the audio is fine but that's something wrong with the video and had your PC checked for no reason.

  • @zilvinasvidmantas1973
    @zilvinasvidmantas1973 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "be glad to do something" is a phrase and not a verb. And in the sentence "I was glad to have met him", "to" is just preposition and a part of the phrase and not a part of infinitive. "have met him" is not infinitive in this sentence. It's just my humble opinion though

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      All prepositions MUST be followed by a noun. To + verb is never a preposition. To + verb is a verb complex called 'to + infinitive'.

    • @zilvinasvidmantas1973
      @zilvinasvidmantas1973 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrSkypelessons Sorry, but I think nor ifinitive nor gerund ever should be conjugated. I believe they are rock solid.

    • @MrSkypelessons
      @MrSkypelessons  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zilvinas Vidmantas I have mixed up the participle and gerund in this video. I will make a video soon and correct all the mistakes, I promise. I agree that participles and gerunds are never conjugated.