Verb patterns with -ing and infinitive

Verb patterns with -ing and infinitive

• 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.

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• 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 -ing form or infinitive with a difference in meaning

• 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

• 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