amit delay

rick fancy

avoid enjoy

deny suggest

mind feel like

report practise

doubt postpone

Ex:I don’t fancy going out this evening.

I’ll do the shopping when I’ve finished cleaning the flat.

VERB + GERUNDVERB + GERUND

• Are you interested in working for us?

• I’m not very good at learning languages.

• This knife is only for cutting bread.

PREPOSITION + GERUND

• HOWEVER ……

a part of the infinitive

Ex: They decided to go out.

I want to play tennis.

a preposition

Ex: I prefer cycling to driving.

I’m looking forward to seeing Ann again.

TO

agreeintend

wantexpect

askaim

warndecide

hopeseem

begdareofferInvitemanagearrange

persuadepretenddemand

EX:As it was late, we decided to take a taxi home.

He pretented not to see me as he passed me in the street.

askwanthelpmean + object + to infinitiveintendexpectwould likeEX:I asked Lan to help me.Everyone wanted him to win the race.

VERB + OBJECT + TO INFINITIVE

FORCE

REQUEST

WARN

FORBID

ADVISE

ENCOURAGE

PERMIT

ALLOW

RECOMMEND

+ OBJECT + TO INFINITIVE

Ex: He advised me not to go out at night.

She wants me to go home.

The baby began to cry.

V+ to infinitive

The baby began crying.

V+ gerund

After…

begin, start, continue, commence, cease …., we can use both GERUND and TO INFINITIVE.

REMEMBER TO DO/ REMEMBER DOING

Remember to post the letter.

= Don’t forget to post it. I clearly remember locking the door before I left.

= I locked it and now I clearly remember this.

REMEMBER + To INFINITIVE : remind you doing sth before you do it.

REMEMBER + GERUND: you remember doing sth after you do it.

TRY TO DO / TRY DOING

TRY TO DO: attempt to do, make an effort to do.

EX: Please try to be quite when you come home.

TRY + GERUND: do sth as an experiment or test.

Ex: Try some this juice perhaps you’ll like it.

( drink some of it to see if you like it)

OTHER VERBS…OTHER VERBS…

He recommends me to buy a laptop.

S + V + O + TO INFINITIVE

He recommends buying a laptop.

S + V + GERUNDS + V + GERUND

AND: INTEND, ADVISE, ALLOW, PERMIT….

WANT

NEED

REQUIRE+

GERUND Passive meaning

Ex: This motorbike wants repairing.

TO INFINITIVE Active meaning

Ex: I want to go home.

SOMETIMES….

Happy

Difficult

Disappointed + TO INFINITIVE Hard

Impossible

ADJECTIVE Ex: Your writing is impossible to read.

DO you think this water is safe to drink.

LIKELIKE

• What a beautiful house! It’s like a palace.Like + Noun

“What does Ba do?” “He’s a teacher like me”

Like+Pro

LIKE = PREPOSITION

Ex: She looks beautiful like a princess.

• LIKE = VERB

• Ex: I like getting up early.

I like to wash my hair twice a week.

However,

LIKE DOING STH = enjoy

LIKE TO DO STH = I find it good or rioght to do sth.