... busy repairing the roof We get bored watching news Alice got nervous looking after her spoilt child TYPES OF GERUNDS ACTIVE PASSIVE PRESENT GERUND WRITING BEING WRITTEN PERFECT GERUND HAVING WRITTEN ... HAVING WRITTEN HAVING BEEN WRITTEN INFINITIVE We can use it: • after verbs expressing intention: (want, intend, go, come…) I want to hold your hand I came to say goodbye • after verbs in Reported Speech: ... or by the infinitive: (agree, arrange, claim, choose, decide, expect, hope, know, pretend, promise, swear, threaten, wish…) I hope to find her I hope that I will find her Types of infinitives...