Infinitive and gerund

Verbs followed by a to infinitive

Afford, agree, aim, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, beg, care, choose, consent, dare, decide, demand, deserve, expect, fail, fight, guarantee, happen, help, hesitate, hope, intend, learn, manage, mean, neglect, offer, pause, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, prove, swear, tend, threaten, undertake, volunteer, vow, wait, want, refuse, seem , wish, yearn.

Verbs followed by ing formsAdmit Detest Involve Resent

Adore Dislike Keep Resist

Appreciate Dread Lie Risk

Avoid Endure Loathe – detesta Sit

Celebrate Enjoy Mention Stand

Commence Face Mind suggest

Contemplate Fancy Miss

Delay Finish Postpone

deny Go Practise

consider imagine Report

Verb + preposition + ing form

Admit to Benefit from Get on with Resort to

Agree with Care for Insist on Succeed in

Aim at Confess of Object to Think of

Apologise for Count on Pay for Vote for

Approve of Depend on Put up with

Believe in Feel like Rely on

Noun + preposition +ing form

Hope of Idea of Way of

Difficulty in Thought of Method of

Advjectives + preposition + ing

Bad at Capable of Guilty of

Good at Excited about Tired of

Good for Fed up with Keen on

Bored with Fond of Nervous of

Other expressions followed by ing form

Can’t bear Go (camping) No good

Can’t help Spend time/money

No use

Can’t stand Not worth

Verbs followed by infinitve or gerund with no difference in meaning

attempt cease Fear love

begin Continue Hate prefer

bother deserve like start

Verbs followed by infinitve or gerund with difference in

meaning

Hate, like, dislike, prefer

+ infinitiv - cu referire la o anumita ocazie– I hate to get up early on Monday morning

– I like to go to concerts conducted by him

+ gerund - actiune vazuta in general – I hate getting up in the morning

– I like going to concerts

Remember, forget

+ infinitive - actiune posterioara– I must remember to post the letters (sa trimit)

– I forgot to phone her last night (sa ii telefonez)

+ gerund - actiune anterioara– I remember posting the letters (ca am trimis)

– I’ll never forget seeing her at the ball (ca am vazut-o)

regret

+ infinitive - Actiune simultana cu regretul– I regret to say it wasn’t true (sa iti spun)

+ gerund - actiune anterioara regretului– I regret saying it wasn’t true (ca ti-am spus)

Begin, cease

+ infinitive - actiune involuntara– It began to rain while they were walking

+ gerund - actiune deliberata– he began writing when he was 50

Stop

+ infinitive - scopul actiunii– he stopped to eat (sa manance)

+ gerund - incetarea actiunii– he stopped eating (din mancat)

Continue, dread, fear, intend, neglect

+ infinitive - frecvent in vorbire si in exprimarea familiara

– I need to spend the holidays there

+ gerund - limba literara– I intend spending my holiday there

try

+ infinitive - a incerca, a face un effort– Try to write with your left hand

+ gerund - a trece prin, a experimenta– I tried writing with my left hand when I was a child

Mean

+ infinitive - a intentiona– I meant to tell you but I forgot

+ gerund - a insemna– his coming tomorrow means mother’s working extra hard

afraid

+ infinitive - intr-o anumita situatie– I’m afraid to disturb him at this hour

+ gerund - in general – I can’t play records here as I’m afraid of disturbing him

Allow, permit

+ infinitive + complement indirect– he doesn’t allow pupils to talk

+ gerund (fara complement indirect)– he doesn’t allow talking in class