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Verbs Followed by the

Gerund

agree
admit askavoid
decide
consider miss
consent
forgive expect
mind
manage
imagine finish
prepare
practise enjoy
promise
appreciate
refuse
avoid
advise
plan
reportoffer
need
suggest
fail
arrange
discuss
hope
complete
wish
delaywant
swear
resistthreaten
pretend
tolerate
seem
demand
recommend
come
keep deserve
learn
struggle
postpone
determine
deny
attempt
anticipate

. I invite you to attend the

ceremony.
. They need me to help them
. I begged Jane to forgive me
. We didnt expect him to win
the race.
. They persuade her to accept
the job.

Verbs followed by a preposition +

gerund.

think about talk about

apologize for
worry about depend on
believe in
prevent from insist on carry
on
feel like
object to
concentrate on
succeed in look forward to
keep on

Verbs Followed by to +
Infinitive

Some verbs are followed by a pronoun or

noun referring to a person, and then an
infinitive with to.

ask beg cause challenge

hire convince expect tell
urge invite
want warn
teach need order
encourage forbid force
require

. I dont feel like working today

. He insists on coming with us
. Im looking forward to receiving
a letter
from you.
. They think about leaving the
country.
. I object to your smoking.
. They prevent us from going out
at night.
.He dreams about traveling to

Adjectives followed by a preposition

+ gerund.

good at
bad at
interested in
guilty of
concerned about
accustomed to
clever at
responsible for
skilled at
tired of
proud of
nervous about
worried about
happy
about
frightened of afraid of
scared of
terrified of
keen on
fond of
angry about
- Hes addicted to watching TV.
about winning the race
- She is fond of cooking.
to living in the country.
- The man was guilty of stealing the money.
to Canada.
- They are opposed to destroying the old castle.
same job.

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Some
expressions
followed by

its no use
theres no point
in
cant stand cant help cant
bear

- Shes happy
-They arent accustomed
- I am excited about going
- She is bored of doing the

Bare infinitive (infinitive

without to)
After
. modal verbs : can,
could
will, would, may, might
shall, should, must, had
to
have to, need to, used
to
. make, help,
recommend
. let, lets

- Its - People must respct the law.

- They may not come to the party.
no
- We recommend the government
use asking him for help.
- I cant bear / stand watching tennis matches.build a new hospital in our
district.
- This film is worth seeing.
- They couldnt help lauphing when I slipped She usually helps me do my
homework.
on the ice.
Let me introduce myself.
- She isnt used to traveling by train.
- I would rather drink a cup of
coffee.

Verbs followed by both (gerund

and infinitive)
Without change in
meaning :
Like, dislike, love, hate, enjoy, prefer
begin, start, continue...
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. It started raining.
=
It started to rain.
. We began playing.
=
We began to play.
. He prefers walking to jogging. =
He prefers to
walk than to jog.
. We love being on holiday.
=
We love to be on
holiday.
. She hates going out in the rain . =
She hates to go
out in the rain.

With change in
meaning :
Stop, forget,
remember, try regret,
mean
1 . I dont rememder posting your letter. ( I posted your letter, but I
cant remember that.)
I didnt remember to post your letter. ( I didnt post your letter
because I forgot. )
2. He stopped speaking to Jane. ( He stopped the conversation with
her.)
He stopped to speak to Jane. (He started the
conversation with her.)
3. I forgot locking the door.(I locked the door,
but I forgot that)
I forgot to lock the door. (I didnt lock the door
because I forgot.)

Verb + WH- + to +
infinitive

. She asked me how to get to the post office.

. I dont know
what to say.
where to buy a postcard.
when to start my new job.

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TOO and ENOUGH + to +

infinitive

. He is too short to play basketball. (too + adjective + to + infinitive)

. They arent rich enough to buy a new car. (adjective + enough + to +
infinitive)