| VERB PATTERNS | |||||||
| Verb + gerund eg. They enjoy sightseeing. | |||||||
| admit | burst out | detest | forbid | like | object to | ||
| advise | can't help | dislike | get used to | look forward to | practise | ||
| allow | can't stand | endure | give up | love | put off | ||
| anticipate | carry on | enjoy | hate | mention | require | ||
| appreciate | consider | face | imagine | mind | resent | ||
| avoid | contemplate | fancy | involve | miss | resist | ||
| be used to | delay | feel like | keep on | permit | risk | ||
| be worth | deny | finish | leave off | postpone | suggest | ||
| Verb + infinitive (with to) eg. He promised to write. | |||||||
| agree | care | happen | mean | promise | wish | ||
| appear | consent | help | neglect | refuse | would hate | ||
| arrange | choose | hesitate | offer | seem | would like | ||
| ask | dare | hope | plan | swear | would love | ||
| attempt | decide | intend | prepare | tend | would prefer | ||
| can afford | expect | learn | pretend | threaten | |||
| can't bear | fail | manage | proceed | want | |||
| Verb + Object + Infinitive (with to) eg. She told the kids to go home. | |||||||
| advise | compel | force | know | persuade | tell | ||
| allow | consider | get | leave | prefer | tempt | ||
| ask | enable | hate | like | press | think | ||
| beg | encourage | help | mean | recommend | urge | ||
| believe | expect | imagine | need | remind | want | ||
| can't bear | feel | instruct | oblige | request | warn | ||
| cause | find | intend | order | suppose | |||
| command | forbid | invite | permit | teach | |||
| Verb + Object + Base Form (Infinitive without to) eg. He makes me laugh. | |||||||
| feel | hear | help | let | make* | notice | ||
| see | |||||||
| Verb + Object + Gerund eg. We heard somebody screaming. | |||||||
| feel | hear | imagine | notice | see | watch | ||
| Verb + Infinitive OR Gerund (No change or little change in meaning) eg. It started to rain | |||||||
| or It started raining. | |||||||
| begin | continue | hate | like | love | prefer | ||
| start | |||||||
| Verb + Infinitive OR Gerund (Different meaning - consult grammar) | |||||||
| forget | need | remember | try | ||||
| go on | regret | stop | want | ||||