Verbs To Or -ing.docx

Verbs followed by to or -ing -ING: Admit, avoid, dislike, fancy, feel like, imagine, mention, mind, miss, practise, put off, suggest. TO: Agree, appear, attempt, begin, decide, demand, fail, hope, intend, learn, manage, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, seem, want, would like. ING or TO: Love, like, begin, continue, hate, prefer, start.

Irregular cases: Remember

Forget

TO Action you have to do Did you remember to bring your shoes? Action you have to do Don’t forget to bring the book!

Regret

You are sorry to give the information I regret to tell you the secret

Try

You have the aim I am running every day because I am trying to get fit Stop to do something During the race, he stopped to drink some water

Stop

-ING A memory from the past I remember feeling very tired at the end of the race A memory from the past I will never forget winning my first race You are sorry you didn’t do something I regret not studying harder for the exam The way you achieve something If you want to get fit, why don’t you try swimming? Not continue When he realized he couldn’t win, he stopped running