Verbs Followed by GERUND:

1. admit He admitted cheating on the test.

2. anticipate I anticipated arriving late.
3. appreciate I appreciated her helping me.
4. avoid He avoided talking to her.
5. can't help He can't help talking so loudly.
6. can't see I can't see paying so much money for a car.
7. complete He completed renovating the house.
8. consider She considered moving to New York.
9. defend The lawyer defended her making such statements.
10. delay He delayed doing his taxes.
11. deny He denied committing the crime.
12. despise She despises waking up early.
13. discuss We discussed working at the company.
14. dislike She dislikes working after 5 PM.
15. don't mind I don't mind helping you.
16. enjoy We enjoy hiking.
17. imagine He imagines working there one day.
18. involve The job involves traveling to Japan once a month.
19. keep She kept interrupting me.
20. mention He mentioned going to that college.
21. mind Do you mind waiting here for a few minutes.
22. miss She misses living near the beach.

23. postpone He postponed returning to Paris.

24. practice She practiced singing the song.

25. recall Tom recalled using his credit card at the store.

26. recollect She recollected living in Kenya.

 27. recommend Tony recommended taking the train.
28. report He reported her stealing the money.
29. resent Nick resented Debbie's being there.
30. resist He resisted asking for help.
31. risk He risked being caught.
32. suggest They suggested staying at the hotel.
33. tolerate I tolerated her talking.
34. understand I understand his quitting.

Verbs Followed by INFINITIVE:

1. agree Tom agreed to help me.
2. appear His health appeared to be better.
3. arrange Naomi arranged to stay with her cousin in Miami.
4. care He doesn't care to participate in the activity.
5. claim She claimed to be a princess.
6. decide We decided to go to Hawaii.
7. demand He demanded to speak to Mr. Harris.
8. deserve He deserves to go to jail.
9. fail He failed to get enough money to pay for the new
project.
Debbie gets to go to the concert next week! Why
10. get (be allowed to)
can't I?
She happened to be at the bank when it was
11. happen robbed.

12. intend We intend to visit you next spring.

13. learn I learned to speak Japanese when I was a kid.

14. manage He managed to open the door without the key.

 15. offer Frank offered to drive us to the supermarket.
16. plan We plan to go to Europe this summer.
17. pretend The child pretended to be a monster.
18. refuse The guard refused to let them enter the building.
19. seem Nancy seemed to be disappointed.
20. swear She swore to tell the truth.
21. tend He tends to be a little shy.
22. vow He vowed to get revenge.
23. wait She waited to buy a movie ticket.
24. yearn Melanie yearns to travel somewhere exotic.

Verbs Followed by GERUND and INFINITIVE with no difference in

meaning
1. begin

2. can’t bear

3. continue

4. hate

5. like

6.love

7. prefer

8. propose

9. start
Verbs Followed by GERUND and INFINITIVE with difference in
meaning
I forgot to meet him.

(I didn’t meet him because I forgot to do it.)

I forgot meeting him.

(I don’t have the memory of meeting him before.)

Forget/remember
She remembered to visit her grandmother.

(She didn’t forget to visit.)

She remembered visiting her grandmother.

(She had memories of this time.)

He went on to learn English and French.

(He ended one period of time before this.)

He went on learning English and French.

go on
(He continued learning the languages.)

She quit to work here.

(She quit another job in order to work here.)

She quit working here.

quit
(She quit her job here. She doesn’t work here
anymore.)

I regret promising to help you.

(I’m sorry that I made the promise.)

regret
I regret to tell you that we can't hire you.

(I’m telling you now, and I’m sorry.)

 I stopped to call you.

(I interrupted another action in order to call you.)

stop
I stopped calling you.

(I stopped this activity. Maybe we had a fight.)

I tried to open the window.

(I attempted this action but didn’t succeed.)

try
I tried opening the window.

(This was one option I sampled. Maybe the room

was hot.)