1) 谈及一项长期活动或开始一种习惯时,使用doing。例如: How old were you when you first started playing the piano? 你几岁时开始弹钢琴?
2) begin, start用进行时时,后面动词用不定式to do。例如: I was beginning to get angry。我开始生起气来。
3) 在attempt, intend, begin, start 后接know, understand, realize这类动词时,常用不定式to do。例如: I begin to understand the truth。我开始明白真相。
4) 事物作主语时。例如: The snow began to melt.雪开始融化了 。