# Infinitives and
Gerunds after verbs:
1. The following
verbs followed by to + infinitive.
( agree, aim,
arrange, attempt, choose, decide, demand, determine, expect, fail, hope, learn,
manage, mean, promise, refuse, offer, plan, wish, threaten , and want)
e.g. 1.We arranged
to meet at 5 o’clock.
2. I hope
to pass your exams.
2. The following
verbs followed by gerund ( B.F+ing)
(avoid, defer, deny, dislike, enjoy, escape, favour,
finish, include, mind, miss, practice, suggest, carryon, go on, and give up).
e.g.1. He gave up
smoking.
2. She finished
writing.
3. The following
verbs followed by either to+ infinitive
or gerund: ( begin,
continue, forget, intend, like, love, prefer, regret, remember, start, stop,
and try)
e.g. It began to
rain. Or It began
raining.
Note: some verbs have
simple difference in meaning:
.a. stop+ to infinitive: stop for.
e.g. While we were
going in a journey, we stopped to eat something.
b. stop + gerund : stop about.
e.g. When he heard
the bad news, he stopped eating.
2. a. remember + to
infinitive: remember to do something in the future.
e.g. I must remember
to phone my brother .
b. remember + gerund:
remember doing something in the past.
e.g. I remembered
coming here when I was ten.
3.a. try + to
infinitive : make an effort.
e.g. I am trying
to pass my exams.
b. try + gerund: make an
experiment.
e.g. I tried changing
the filter but it didn’t work.
4.
The following verbs followed by infinitive without to:
( make, let, would
rather)
e.g. I let him
go.
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Q. Choose………
.He managed ………… the summit of the mountain. (
reach, to reach, reaching, reaches)
.Walid is trying to learn English. This
sentence indicates that Walid …………:
( makes an effort, makes an
experiment, doesn’t make an effort, doesn’t make an experiment)
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