COMMON EXPRESSIONS AND VERBS FOLLOWED BY
ING-FORMS INFINITIVES
Preposition combinations
beexcted about [thank smn far (Bo guilty af
beworriedabout |keepsmnttom instead of
benervous about | provont emn from | take advartage of
complain aboutiot | prohibit smn from,
dream sboutfot | stop smn from
talk abeut/et believe
think abeut/et | be interested in
apologize for partkpate in
blome smn succeedin
forgivesmnfor | be accused of
have.an excuse for | be capable af
have areasen far | forthe surpose of
be responsi for
have fun/a goad time +¥-ing
have trouble/ difficulty:
have a hard time/ difficult time +
spend + expression of time or money + V-
waste + expression of time or money + W-ing
sit + expression of piace + V-ing
stand’ expression of place + V-ing
lie + expression of place + V-ing
find + (projnoun + V-ing
catch + (pro)noun + V-
cause to
challenge to
rgsrund or aninfinitlvs | convince to
either agerund ae anintinitive, | 4FE tO
recollect
advise* forget* recommend
anticipate hate** regret®
iate can’t help remember*
keep resent
glad to
happy to
pleased to
delighted to
a ee hg content to
es ic ee stand** Tefevedt
consider start*™ Mekyto
i i fortunate to
continue** stop eee
i wees fst
discuss prefer** try praise
disappointed to
quit understand
enjoy recall
fail to
forget* to
hate** to
hesitate to
manage to
mean to
need to
offer to
plan to
prefer** to
prepare to
pretend to
‘expect to
forbid to
force to
hire to
instruct to
invite to
need to
‘order to
permit to
proud to
ashamed to
ready to
prepare to
anxious to
eager to
willing to
motivated to
determined to
careful to
hesitant to
reluctant to.
promise to
refuse to
regret* to.
remember* to
seemto
struggle to
swear to
threaten to
try? to
volunteer to
wait to
want to
wish to G
persuade to
remind to
require to
teach to
tellto
urge to
want to
certain to
surprised to
amazed to
astonished to-
shocked to.
stunned to