Explanations - 5 - Gerund vs Infinitive

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When the fire broke out in the building, Michael was seen _____ (jump) from the apartment's window. He had to let ____ (go) of what he loved the most: his game consoles as they were too heavy to carry.

When the fire broke out in the building, Michael was seen to jump from the apartment's window. He had to let go of what he loved the most: his game consoles as they were too heavy to carry.

When the fire broke out in the building, Michael was seen to jumping from the apartment's window. He had to let to go of what he loved the most: his game consoles as they were too heavy to carry.

When the fire broke out in the building, Michael was seen jumping from the apartment's window. He had to let go of what he loved the most: his game consoles as they were too heavy to carry.

When the fire broke out in the building, Michael was seen to jump from the apartment's window. He had to let going of what he loved the most: his game consoles as they were too heavy to carry.

In the first sentence, after the passive form of see, we use to-infinitive to express the passive meaning. In the second sentence, the phrase let go is used with the bare infinitive of go, which means to abandon or give up on something.
In the first sentence, after the passive form of see, we use to-infinitive to express the passive meaning. In the second sentence, the phrase let go is used with the bare infinitive of go, which means to abandon or give up on something.
In the first sentence, the gerund jumping after the passive form of see indicated that Michael was seen as he was jumping from the window. In the second sentence, the phrase let go is used with the bare infinitive of go, which means to abandon or give up on something.
After the verb let, we use the bare infinitive form of go to create the phrase let go, which means to abandon or give up on something.

Hard A2 | Elementary | Pre-intermediate Gerund Infinitive

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