⏰ Aim for a TOEIC score of 900+ in 15 minutes a day! Mastering Infinitives (to do) and Gerunds (doing) Part 5 Grammar Reinforcement Day 14
■ Learning Content
・TOEIC Part 5 Infinitives and Gerunds Strategy
・How to distinguish between "to do" and "doing"
・Learn them as sets with frequently used TOEIC verbs
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■ Learning Points
What appears almost every time in Part 5 is
👉 Infinitives (to do)
👉 Gerunds (doing)
distinguishing between the two.
Instead of judging by the meaning of the word alone,
remembering "what comes after which verb"
is the shortcut to increasing your score.
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■ What is an infinitive (to do)?
It expresses "to do something" or "in order to do something."
Example sentence
“I hope to see you soon.”
→ I hope to see you soon.
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“They decided to postpone the meeting.”
→ They decided to postpone the meeting.
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■ What is a gerund (doing)?
It expresses "doing something" as a noun.
Example sentence
“She enjoys reading business magazines.”
→ She enjoys reading business magazines.
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“We finished preparing the presentation.”
→ We finished preparing the presentation.
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■ TOEIC Frequent! Verbs that take an infinitive
It is standard to use to do after the following verbs.
✅ decide to
→ decide to do something
✅ plan to
→ plan to do something
✅ hope to
→ hope to do something
✅ agree to
→ agree to do something
✅ promise to
→ promise to do something
✅ want to
→ want to do something
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Example sentence
“We plan to open a new office.”
→ We plan to open a new office.
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■ TOEIC Frequent! Verbs that take a gerund
It is standard to use doing after the following verbs.
✅ enjoy doing
→ enjoy doing something
✅ finish doing
→ finish doing something
✅ avoid doing
→ avoid doing something
✅ consider doing
→ consider doing something
✅ suggest doing
→ suggest doing something
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Example sentence
“The manager suggested changing the schedule.”
→ The manager suggested changing the schedule.
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■ Practice Problem ①
The company decided _____ a new branch in Osaka.
A. open
B. opening
C. to open
D. opened
👉 After decide
↓
to do
✅ Correct Answer: C. to open
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■ Practice Problem ②
She enjoys _____ with international clients.
A. work
B. worked
C. working
D. to work
👉 After enjoy
↓
doing
✅ Correct Answer: C. working
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■ Practice Problem ③
The committee suggested _____ the deadline.
A. extend
B. extending
C. extended
D. to extended
👉 After suggest
↓
doing
✅ Correct Answer: B. extending
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■ Points that are easy to get wrong
remember
remember to do
→ remember to do something in the future
“Remember to lock the door.”
→ Don't forget to lock the door.
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remember doing
→ remember having done something in the past
“I remember meeting her.”
→ I remember meeting her.
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stop
stop to do
→ stop in order to do something
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stop doing
→ stop doing something
This difference is also frequently targeted in TOEIC.
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■ Tips for increasing your score
If you are aiming for a TOEIC score of 900 or higher,
the moment you see a verb,
it is important to be able to reflexively judge
👉 "This is followed by to do"
👉 "This is followed by doing"
Don't just memorize by rote,
learn "verb + form" as a set.
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■ Practical Mini-Test
Problem ①
We agreed _____ the contract next week.
A. sign
B. signing
C. to sign
D. signed
✅ Correct Answer: C
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Problem ②
The manager finished _____ the monthly report.
A. prepare
B. preparing
C. prepared
D. to prepare
✅ Correct Answer: B
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Problem ③
They are considering _____ a new supplier.
A. choose
B. choosing
C. chose
D. to chose
✅ Correct Answer: B
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■ Today's Summary
✅ decide, plan, hope, agree are followed by to do
✅ enjoy, finish, avoid, suggest, consider are followed by doing
✅ Learning "verb + form" helps you solve Part 5 faster
✅ Infinitives and gerunds are frequent TOEIC topics
If you can make this area a source of points, your overall accuracy in Part 5 will improve significantly.
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■ Tomorrow's Preview
In Day 15,
👉 we will master "prepositions (in / on / at / by / for / with)."
Let's master the preposition problems that frequently appear in TOEIC Part 5 and Part 6 with example sentences and practice problems.
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