Verbs + Infinitive: ST ND ST ND

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Verbs + infinitive

Decide
*Forget (to: you didn’t remember to do sth) (ing: you did sth and won’t forget)
*Help (to or bare)
Hope
Learn
*Need (ing: passive construction)
Offer
Plan
Pretend
Promise
*Remember (to: 1st rem 2nd do) (ing: 1st do 2nd rem sth after it happened)
*Start/Begin (to or ing; although ing: habits, longer activities)
*Try (to: make an effort to do sth) (ing: experiment to see if sth works, experiment with sth)
Want
Would like

After: Adjectives (e.g. afraid, free, surprised, happy, ready, sorry, pleased, etc.)
Too and Enough
WH
To express purpose
Advise
(can’t) Afford
Agree
Aim
Appear
Arrange
Ask
Attempt
Be able
Can’t wait
Choose
Convince
Deserve
Encourage
Expect
Fail
Happen
Invite
Manage
Persuade
Refuse
Remind
Seem
Teach
Tell
Tend
Threaten
Warn
Verbs + bare infinitive
After: Modals (can, could, would, may, might, must, should, have to, ought to, had better, would rather)
ACTIVE VOICE: Let, make, help (to or bare)

Verbs + Verb+ing

Dislike
Enjoy
Feel like
Finish
Keep on (=*Continue)
*Hate (to)
*Like (to)
*Love (to)
(don’t) Mind
Practice
Spend time
*Start/Begin (to or ing; although ing: habits, longer activities)
*Stop (to: stop swh in order to do sth)

After: Prepositions (noun + preposition)


As a subject
It’s worth
Look forward to
How/What about
*To be
Admit
Apply to
Avoid
Be accustomed to
Be opposed to
Be used to
Can’t help
Can’t stand
Come to
Commit to
Confess to
Deny
Disposed to
Get used to
Give up
Imagine
Involve
Miss
Postpone
*Prefer
Quit
Recommend
Regret
Risk
Suggest
Think of

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