Common verbs followed by gerunds

admit discuss mind risk

anticipate dislike miss stop
appreciate encourage postpone suggest
avoid enjoy practice tolerate
can’t help finish quit understand
complete go recall Put off
consider imagine recollect
defend involve recommend
delay keep resent
deny mention resist

Common verbs followed by infinitive

Afford Decide Need Threaten Forbid
Agree Demand Offer Volunteer Force
Appear Deserve Plan Wait Hire
Arrange Expect Prepare Want Instruct
Ask Fail Pretend Wish Invite
Beg Hesitate Promise allow Order
Care Hope Refuse cause Permit

challenge Learn Seem Convince Persuade

Claim Manage struggle Dare Remind
Consent Mean Swear Encourage Require
teach tell urge warn

Verbs followed by both gerunds and infinitives

Group A
no difference in meaning
advise
begin
start
continue
 like
love
prefer
hate

can’t stand
can’t bear

Group B
With a difference in meaning

Pattern Function Example

remember + To perform responsibility, Judy always remembers to lock the

infinitive duty, task door

remember + to recall something that I remember seeing the gorillas for

gerund happened in the past the first time.

forget + To perform responsibility, Sam often forgets to lock the

infinitive duty, task door.

forget + to recall something that I’ll never forget seeing the gorillas
gerund happened in the past for the first time.

Regret to say, to tell or to

regret + I regret to tell you that you failed
inform someone of some
infinitive the test.
bad news

regret + Regret something that I regret lending him some money.

gerund happened in the past He never paid me back.

try +
Make an effort I’m trying to learn English.
infinitive
 Experiment with a new or The room was hot. I tried opening
different approach to see the window, but that didn’t help. So
try + gerund if it works. I tried turning on the AC.

Common Preposition Combinations Followed by Gerunds

Common Adjectives Followed by Infinitives