Two Verbs Together: GRAMMAR TIPS - Natalye S. Quintanilla O

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GRAMMAR TIPS Natalye S. Quintanilla O.

TWO VERBS TOGETHER

When you have 2 verbs together in a sentence, you have to recognize the form of
the second one.
Here, it is presented, a list of verbs that modify the next verb into gerund (_ing),
full infinitive (with to) or bare infinitive (without to)
GERUND
Admit

Finish

Miss

Suggest

Appreciate

Keep

Postpone

Tolerate

Avoid

Mention

Practice

Understand

Complete

Approve of

Quit

Get through

Consider

Be better of

Recall

Insist on

Delay

Cant help

Recommend

Keep on

Deny

Count on

Regret

Look forward to

Discuss

Do not mind

Risk

Object to

Enjoy

Forget about

Stop

Think about/of

Besides these verbs, gerund is used in the next cases:


Subject of a sentence
Attribute of a verb
In compound nouns
Verbs of preference
After any preposition or prepositional phrase

GRAMMAR TIPS Natalye S. Quintanilla O.

FULL INFINITIVE (WITH TO)


Agree

Appear

Arrange

Ask

Decide

Demand

Deserve

Expect

Hesitate

Hope

Intend

Learn

Need

Offer

Plan

Prepare

Refuse

Seem

Tend

Threaten

Lose

Try

Would like

Prefer

Consent

Manage

Wait

Want

Forget

Pretend

Be able

Be allowed

Mean

Claim

Fail

Promise

Also after: someone, everyone, anything

BARE INFINITIVE (WITHOUT TO)


Let
Had better
Would rather
Auxiliaries
Modal verbs

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