begin doing和begin to do的区别
1)begin后跟to do或doing,含义上没有多少差异。如果谈论一个长期的习惯动作开始养成时,更加常用begin doing。
例如: How old were you when you first began playing the piano?
2)当begin后接表示心理活动的词时,比如: understand,realize,believe, wonder,know,think等动词时,用begin to do。例如: She began to think she was wrong after a second thought. 经过重新考虑后,她开始认为她错了。
3)当begin用于进行时态时,其后跟to do。如: Mary is beginning to do her homework.
4)当主语是物或用于描述天气变化时,其后跟to do。如: The water began to boil. 水开始开了。 It began to get dark before we knew it. 不知不觉地天黑下来了