Advanced 3 (verb patterns) Verb + ing

Admit Adore Appreciate Avoid Burst out (crying laug!ing) %ele&rate %ommence %onsider %ontemplate Delay Deny Detest Dread1 Endure En"oy Escape E(cuse +ace +ancy +inis! +orgive Give up Imagine Involve Keep (on) #ie #oat!e' #eave off) ,ention ,ind ,iss Postpone Practice Put off Report Resent$ Resist Ris* -it -tand -uggest .nderstand

Verbs + to + infinitive
Afford Agree Aim Appear Arrange As* Attempt Bear Beg %are %!oose Dare Decide %onsent Demand Deserve E(pect +ail +ig!t Guarantee 4appen 4elp 4esitate Intend #earn #ong ,anage 4ope /eed /eglect 2ffer 2mit Pause Plan Prepare Promise Prove Propose Proceed Refuse -eem Pretend -0ear 1end 1!reaten 1rou&le .nderta*e 3olunteer 3o05 6ait 6arn 6ant 6is!

Verb + ing or to infinitive (little change in meaning)

Attempt Begin Be accustomed to Be committed to &ot!er %ease %ontinue +ear 4ate #i*e #ove Prefer start

Verb + ing or to infinitive (with difference in meaning)

%ome +orget Go on #earn mean Regret Remem&er -top 1ry 1eac!

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to &e very afraid of st!7 to fear t!at st! &ad is going to !appen to feel &itter or angry a&out st!8 especially &ecause you feel it is unfair ' to disli*e s& st! very muc! ) to stop doing st! 5 to ma*e a formal and serious promise to do st! or a formal statement t!at is true

Other adjectives, nouns and verbs followed by ing

4ope of Difficulty in Idea of 1!oug!t of 6ay of ,et!od of Good &ad at Good for Bored 0it! %apa&le of E(cited a&out +ed up 0it! +ond of Guilty of 1ired of Keen on /ervous of %an9t &ear %an9t !elp %an9t stand Go (e:g: camping) -pend time money /ot 0ort! /o good

Verbs followed by a preposition + ing

Admit to Agree 0it! on Accuse s& of Adapt to Apologise for Aim at Believe in Benefit from Blame for %are for %onfess to %ount on Depend on Differ from in on +eel li*e +ocus on Get on 0it! Insist on 2&"ect to Pay for Persist in Prevent from Put up 0it! Recover from Rely on Resort; to -ucceed in 1!in* of 3ote for

Verbs + object + to infinitive

Advise Allo0 As* Encourage E(pect Beg +or&id +orce Get 4elp Intend Invite #eave 2rder Persuade Prefer Recommend Remind 1ell .rge 6ant 6arn

to ma*e use of st!8 especially st! &ad8 as a means of ac!ieving st!8 often &ecause t!ere is no ot!er possi&le solution