Gerunds and Infinitives

Gerund after certain verbs and expressions,

e.g.
Admit, avoid, can't help, can't stand, carry on,
deny, enjoy, fancy, finish, give up, keep on,
imagine, involve, mind, miss, postpone,
practise, risk, stop, suggest.
Infinitive (ith to! after certain verbs and
expressions, e.g.
Agree, appear, be able to, can't afford, can't
ait, decide, expect, happen, have (got!, help,
learn, manage, offer, plan, pretend, promise,
refuse, seem, teach, tend, threaten, ant,
ould like.
Infinitive (ithout to! after modal verbs, e.g.
"an, may, might, must, should, had better,
ould rather
And after the verbs make# and let
$erbs that can be folloed by either gerund or infinitive ith a change of meaning
%. &emember ' infinitive( you remember first, then you do something
&emember to lock the door
&emember ' gerund( you do something then you remember it
I remember going to )aris as a child
*. +orget ' infinitive( you didn't remember to do something
,orry, I forgot to do it
+orget ' gerund( you did something and you on't forget it
I'll never forget seeing the )arthenon
-. .ry ' infinitive( make an effort to do something
I tried to open the indo
.ry ' gerund( experiment to see if something orks
.ry calling /iriam on her mobile
0. 1eed ' infinitive( active construction
2ou need to clean the car
1eed ' gerund( passive construction
.he car needs cleaning
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In the passive, make is folloed by the infinitive ith to
4e ere made to ear a uniform (pass! 5 /y boss makes us ork hard (act!
,ome verbs can be folloed by the gerund or infinitive ith no change of meaning
6egin, start, continue
7ike, love, hate and prefer can also be used ith either, but the gerund is more common talking generally,
and the infinitive hen you talk about a specific occasion,
I like skiing
I like to ski in +ebruary or /arch
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5ing ith to ithout to
: preference
love ; hate
abhor
detest
adore
love
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: after preposition
: subject
: volitive verbs
ish
ant
tend
decide
try
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: after adjectives
: purpose (in order to!
make
let
'd better (had better!
'd rather (ould rather!
start=begin
to
ing
like
to (Amer! = specific (I like skiing!
ing (>?! = general (I like to ski in ,ierra 1evada!
remember=forget
to (about future! &emember (@on't forget! to do something
ing (about past, memories! I remember going to 7ondon as a child
try
to (effort! .ry to open the indo
ing (experiment! .ry calling /ary on her mobile
stop
to (purpose, in order to change activity! I have stopped to smoke
ing (give up! ,top talking
need
to (active voice! I need to ash my car
ing (passive voice! /y car needs ashing (or to be ashed!
suggest
that you should go# #subjunctive
that you go# I suggest you go out tonight
ing I suggest going in my car