Question

Use the appropriate gerund or Infinitive form in the blanks.

(i) Rumi demanded ______ (speak) to the Lord.​

Answer 1

✰ ℜᥱզυᎥⲅᥱԃ Aꪀ᥉ωᥱⲅ :-

(i) Rumi demanded to speak to the Lord.

↬ More to know :

★ Gerund : A gerund is a verbal noun. It acts as a noun and a verb.

➛ Example :

• Swimming is a good exercise.

• She knows dancing.

★ Infinitive verb : Infinitive is a non- finite verb that expresses an action.

Usually it has to in front. When it is without to, it is called bare infinitive.

➛ Example :

• I want to go.

• She wants to dance.

A bare infinitive ( infinitive without to ) is used in the following cases.

• with modals
• after verbs of perception like— see, hear, watch, know and feel
• after verbs like— make and let
• after conjunction— but
• after — had better, had rather, sooner than, etc.