19.1 Common verbs followed by-mg form
These are some common verbs we use with the -ing form:
admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, delay, deny, detest, dislike,
enjoy, escape, face, feel like, finish, forgive, give up, imagine,
involve, keep, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practise, prefer,
put off, recommend, regret, resent, risk, suggest, understand.

• I regretted telling him what had happened.

19 .2 Common verbs followed by object +-ing form
These are some common verbs we use with object+ -ing
form: discover, forbid, notice, observe, overhear, prevent (from).

• They discovered him sitting by the road.

19.3 Common verbs followed by the infinitive
These are some common verbs we use followed by
infinitive: afford, agree, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, bear,
begin, care, choose, consent, decide, determine, expect, fail,
forget, happen, hate, help, hesitate, hope, intend, learn, like,
love, manage, mean, offer, prefer, prepare, pretend, promise,
propose, refuse, remember, seem, start, swear, try, want, wish.

• He intended to tell her the truth.

19 .4 Common verbs followed by object +infinitive
These are some common verbs we use followed by object+
infinitive: advise, allow, ask, cause, command, encourage,
expect, forbid, force, get, hate, help, instruct, intend, invite, leave,
like, mean, need, oblige, order, permit, persuade, prefer, press,
recommend, remind, request, teach, tell, tempt, trouble, want,
worn, wish.

• He persuaded me to nelp him.

• Her parents forbade her to drive the car.

19.S Common verbs followed by object+ infinitive without to
These are some common verbs we use with object+
infinitive without to: let, make, hear, help.

• He made me tidy my room.

Watch Out! In passive sentences make, hear and help are
followed by an infinitive with to.

• She was made to pay the money back.

19 .6 Verbs followed by -mg form or infinitive with a difference in meaning
Common verbs that we use with different meanings when
followed by -ing form or infinitive are remember, forget,
regret, stop and try.


We use remember/forget+ -ing when the action or event
took place before the remembering or forgetting.

• I remember meeting him at a party. (I met him and I now remember that.)

• We use remember/forget+ infinitive when the action or
event took place after the remembering or forgetting.

• I remembered to ring the doctor. (I remembered and then I rang the doctor.)
  

• regret+ -ing means 'be sorry about an action in the past'.
I regret selling my car.
• regret+ infinitive means 'be sorry about a present
situation'.

• I regret to inform you that your car hos been stolen.

• stop+ -ing means 'give up doing or cease to
do something'.

• I stopped drinking coffee because it kept me awoke at night.
  

• stop+ infinitive means 'stop doing something in order to
do something else'.

• We stopped to have a coffee on the way home.

• try+ -ing means that the action is an experiment which
may or may not be successful.

• Try studying at a different time of day- it might suit you better.
  

• try+ infinitive means 'make an effort even though the
action may be difficult or impossible'.

• Try to study for at least three hours a day.

19.7 Common verbs followed by -ing form or infinitive with little difference in meaning

Common verbs that we use with the -ing form or the
infinitive with little difference in meaning are: attempt,
begin, continue, love, prefer, see and start.

• I continued working/to work hard