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    This document lists and provides examples of verbs that can be followed by either a verb plus "-ing" or "to + verb". Verbs like enjoy, imagine, and recommend typically take the "-ing" form to emphasize the action itself, while verbs like decide, want, and promise typically take the infinitive form to emphasize the action following. A few verbs like remember can take either, depending on whether the focus is on the remembered action or remembering to do something. The document provides rules and examples to illustrate the differences.

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    Verbs Than Are Followed

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    This document lists and provides examples of verbs that can be followed by either a verb plus "-ing" or "to + verb". Verbs like enjoy, imagine, and recommend typically take the "-ing" form to emphasize the action itself, while verbs like decide, want, and promise typically take the infinitive form to emphasize the action following. A few verbs like remember can take either, depending on whether the focus is on the remembered action or remembering to do something. The document provides rules and examples to illustrate the differences.

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    VERBS THAT ARE FALLOWED

    BY VERB + ING OR TO + VERB


    NAME: Marcelino Collazo Lpez

    26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2015

    VERBS THAT ARE FALLOWED BY VERB + ING OR TO + VERB

    Verbs followed by a to-infinitive


    afford
    agree
    arrange
    ask
    begin
    choose
    continue
    decide

    demand
    fail
    forget
    hate
    help
    hope
    intend
    learn

    like
    love
    manage
    mean (= intend)
    need
    offer
    plan
    prefer

    pretend
    promise
    refuse
    remember
    Start
    Try
    want

    -ing but not to-infinitive


    admit
    avoid
    (cant) help
    (cant) stand
    consider

    deny
    dislike
    enjoy
    fancy
    feel like

    finish
    give up
    imagine
    involve
    keep (on)

    mind
    miss
    practise
    put off
    risk

    Compare
    -ing form
    I love cooking Indian food.
    (emphasis on the process itself and
    enjoyment of it)
    She hates cleaning her room.
    (emphasis on the process itself and
    no enjoyment of it)
    Most people prefer watching a
    film at the cinema rather than on
    TV. (emphasis on the process itself
    and enjoyment of it)
    Examples
    1. I enjoy playing
    Verb +
    2. I denied stealing
    gerund

    Verb +
    infinitive

    to-infinitive
    I like to drink juice in the morning, and tea at
    lunchtime. (emphasis more on the preference or
    habit)
    I hate to be the only person to disagree. (emphasis
    more on the result: I would prefer not to be in that
    situation.)
    We prefer to drive during the day whenever we can.
    (emphasis more on the result and on the habit or
    preference. The speaker doesnt necessarily enjoy
    the process of driving at any time of day.)
    Rules
    Explanations
    Often we use the
    1. I enjoy myself at the
    gerund for an action
    time of playing.
    that happens before or 2. I deny having stolen
    at the same time as
    anything before.
    the action of the main
    verb.
    1. I decided to visit my Often we use the
    1. Visiting my uncle
    uncle
    infinitive for actions
    was an action of my
    2. I want to go out
    that follow the action
    decision. It comes
    of the main verb.
    after.
    2. What I want (now)
    is to go out (after/later)

    26 de octubre de 2015

    VERBS THAT ARE FALLOWED BY VERB + ING OR TO + VERB

    The verbs followed by -ing include enjoy, mind, stop and


    recommend.
    I told him you really enjoy cooking.
    Would you mind helping me?
    It didn't stop raining all day yesterday.
    Daisy recommends trying Alfies tiramisu.
    The negative is verb + not + -ing.
    Imagine not having pizza! I eat it all the time.
    Verbs usually followed by -ing
    stop finish
    enjoy

    imagine

    suggest

    recommend

    avoid

    mind

    miss

    risk

    These include decide, want, promise, plan and forget.


    She decided to go with Elliot instead.
    I wanted to visit Rome.
    She promised to take me there.
    I planned to go to some real Italian restaurants.
    She didnt forget to phone.
    The negative is verb + not + infinitive.
    They decided not to make pizza.

    Here are more verbs that are usually followed by the infinitive:
    hope offer fail agree forget
    expect would like decide plan

    manage learn
    promise want

    afford
    invite

    arrange

    ask

    I never remember to lock the door, and my mum gets really angry!
    (remember + infinitive = remember something and then do it)
    I never remember locking the door, but when I go back and check I always have.
    (remember + -ing = remember something you did before)
    She stopped smoking three years ago.
    (stop + -ing = to not do something any more)
    It was hot, so we stopped to have a drink. (we stopped walking)
    (stop + infinitive = to not do something in order to do something else)

    26 de octubre de 2015

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