Many verbs can be followed by the infinitive with to. Those verbs are: afford, agree, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, choose, decide, demand, deserve, expect, fail, forget, happen, help, hesitate, hope, hurry, intend, learn, manage, mean (= intend), offer, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, remember, seem, tend, threaten, train, want and wish. She learned to swim. The negative form of the infinitive is not. He decided not to go. The verbs dare and help can be used with or without to I darent (to) look or I help (to) make dinner. With some verbs we often use a question word + the infinitive with to. E.g. Know what, Explain how and decide where. He explained how to use the machine.

We often use the construction verb + object (noun or pronoun) + infinitive with to, when we say or do something to influence somebody else. We use it with verbs like: advise, allow, ask, encourge, expect, force, get, help, invite, persuade, recommend, remind, teach, tell, warn, want, would like, would love, would hate and would prefer. Remaind me to post this letter or Id like people to listen to me.The negative infinitive is not to. They asked him not to smoke.

ADJECTIVE + INFINITIVE WITH TO Adjectives used in this construction : easy, pleased, important, advisable, amazed, cheap, dangerous, difficult, disappointed, exciting, expensive, good, hard, impossible, interesting, lucky, nice, possible, ready, safe, sensible, silly, surprise, terrible and wonderful. Im pleased to meet you.

ADJECTIVE + FOR +NOUN/ PRONOUN + INFINITIVE WITH TO Adjectives used in this construction : impossible, difficult, common, easy, essential, important, necessary, normal, rare, unnecessary, unusual, usual It`s impossible for me to say.

ADJECTIVE + OF + NOUN/PRONOUN + INFINITIVE WITH TO Adjectives used in this construction: silly, nice, careless, clever, generous, good, kind, mean, polite, stupid, unkind, wrong It was silly of your brother to do that.

With some verbs followed by another verb we use the ing form of the second verb. Those verbs are: admit, avoid, consider, delay, deny, detest, dislike, enjoy, escape, fancy, finish, go on, imagine, involve, keep, mind, miss, postpone, practice, recall, regret, risk and suggest. I avoided meeting her. We use go and come + -ing when we talk about sports or free-time activities outside the home. He went shopping.

ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION + -ING Common adjectives + preposition: interest in, afraid on, angry about, bad at, clever at, excited about, fed up with, fond of, good at, keen on, proud of and worried about. Shes interested in learning foreign languages.

VERB + PREPOSITION+ -ING Common verbs + preposition: feel like, approve of, apologise for, decide against, dream of, insist on, talk about and think of/about. I feel like going to the cinema.

VERB + OBJECT + PREPOSITION + OBJECT Verbs + object + preposition: thank someone for, accuse someone of, blame someone for, congratulate someone on, forgive someone for, prevent (or stop) someone from and suspect someone of. She thanked me for helping her.

When mind is followed by a verb, we always use the ing form. In the construction mind + (noun or pronoun) we use the ing form. I dont mind Katie coming. We use cant stand to show strong dislike. It means hate or detest. When it is followed by a verb, we always use the ing form. In the construction cant stand + (noun or pronoun) we use the ing form. They cant stand people smoking. Its no use, Theres no point, Its (not) worth are followed by the ing form of the verb. Its not worth trying

The verbs like, love and hate are usually followed by the ing form, but they can be followed by the infinitive with to. I like singing or I like to sing.

The verb enjoy must be followed by ing. I enjoy reading.When we think something is a good idea, we use like + the infinitive with to. I like to go to the dentists twice a year. We must use the infinitive with to after would like/love/hate. Is love to come. For present regrets and opinions about the past, we use would like/love/hate + to have + past participle. Im a taxi driver. Id love to have been a pilot.

We use an ing clause to talk about: a. Two actions happening at the same time (often after the verbs be, stand, sit and lie) Shes in the bar waiting for you. b. An action happening while another is going on. He fell asleep watching television. c. An action immediately preceding another. Closing the door quietly, he left the house. d. An action that was completed before another started. Having paid the bill, we left the restaurant. e. We can also use an ing clause to explain why something happened. Having lost my ticket, I had to buy another one.

General preference: We can use prefer + infinitive with to or prefer + -ing. He prefers to read or He prefers reading. A particular situation: We can use would prefer (not) + infinitive with to or would rather (not) + infinitive without to. Id prefer not to go by bus tomorrow or Id rather not go by bus tomorrow. Would prefer someone to do something/would rather someone did something. Id prefer you to buy a car or Id rather you bought a car. Regrets about the past: Would prefer (not) to have done/would rather (not) have done. Id prefer not to have gone to China or Id rather not have gone to China.

These verbs can be followed by the infinitive with to or ing with the same meaning: begin, bother, continue, intend and start. He continued to work or He continued working. We dont use the ing form after a verb in a continuous tense. These verbs can also be followed by the infinitive with to or -ing : forget, go on, need, regret, remember, stop and try.

Go on: a situation or an action come later. Go on + -ing: someone continues doing the same thing.

Need: to say what its necessary to do. Need + -ing: something is in need of attention.Stop: when someone stops one thing to do another. Stop + -ing: when an action finishes. Forget: to say we didnt do something we should have done. Forget + -ing: to talk about memories of things we did in the past.

Remember: when we remember that we have to do something Remember + -ing: when to talk about something we did in the past.

Try: when we make an effort to do something. Try + -ing: when we talk about a possible solution to a problem.Regret: to announce bad news Regret + -ing: when we wish we had or hadnt sone something.