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Verb + Gerund
• I enjoy swimming at the beach• She keeps working until midnight• It stopped raining a few minutes ago• She have discussed getting a new manager
• Common verbs followed by the gerunds: enjoy, finish, stop, quit, mind, postpone, put off, keep, keep on, consider, think about, discuss, talk about.
Go + Gerund
Examples:• I go swimming every weekend. • Would you ever go skydiving?
go boating go bowlinggo scuba diving go bungee jumpinggo shopping go campinggo sightseeing go canoeinggo skateboarding go sailing
Verb + Infinitive
• I have decided not to buy a new van• Tom offered to lend me some money• I want to visit my grandmother next year• They agreed to sign the contract
• Common verbs followed by infinitives: want, need, would like, would love, hope, expect, plan, intend, mean, decide, promise, offer, agree, refuse, seem, appear, pretend, forget, learn (how), try, (can't ) afford, (can’t) wait
Verb + Gerund or Infinitive
• It begins raining. It begins to rain. • They started working at 7am. They started to
work at 7am.• We like going to the cinema. We like to go to the
cinema
• There are some verbs that can be followed both gerund and to infinitive. Here are begin, start, continue, like, love, hate, can’t stand
