VERBS + INFINITIVE (V0) VERBS + GERUND (Ving)

to decide to do sg to enjoy doing sg

We’ve decided to go to France for our holiday. I enjoy reading in bed.
to forget to do sg to finish doing sg
Don’t forget to turn off the lights. Have you finished cleaning your room?
to hope to do sg to go on doing sg (to continue doing sg)
We hope to see you again soon. I want to go on working until I’m 60.
to learn to do sg to hate doing sg
I’m learning to drive. I hate being late.
to need to do sg to like doing sg
I need to go to the supermarket. We don’t have I like having breakfast in a café.
any milk.
to love doing sg
to offer to do sg
I love waking up on a sunny morning.
She offered to help me with my CV.
to mind doing sg
to plan to do sg
I don’t mind doing the ironing.
They are planning to get married soon.
to spend (time) doing sg
to pretend to do sg
She spends hours talking on the phone.
He pretended to be ill, but he wasn’t really.
to start doing sg
to promise to do sg
It started raining at 5.30 in the morning.
He has promised to call me back when he gets
to stop doing sg
home.
Please stop making such a noise. I can’t think.
to remember to do sg
to feel like doing sg
Remember to bring your dictionaries to class
tomorrow. I don’t feel like cooking today. Let’s go out for
lunch.
to start to do sg
It was very cloudy and it started to rain.
to try to do sg
I try to understand grammar.
to want to do sg
I want to eat ice cream.
would like to do sg
I would like to buy a new car next year.