Adjectives with infinitives and gerunds

 A. Adjectives used with infinitives only

I am glad to meet you again

They're eager to go to the beach

I was delighted to hear the good news about your scholarship.

Other adjectives : disappointed, happy, pleased, sad, sorry, surprised


B. Adjectives used with infinitives or gerunds

it + be+ Adj (nice, difficult etc) + (to inf / gerund)  ---> with little difference in meaning

It was really nice to talk to Mrs Anna

It was really nice talking to Mrs Anna

Mrs Anna was really nice to talk to.

Other adj used like this include : easy, exiting, great, hard, impossible, interesting

After an adj such as anxious, we can use an infinitive or a preposition + gerund with different meaning.

I was anxious to leave (I was eager)

I was anxious about leaving (I was worried)


Source :

Yule, George. 2023. Advanced Oxford Practice Grammar with Answer. Oxford : Oxford University Press.



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