Verb + gerund (-ing)

Verb + Bare Infinitive (to)

Verb + Infinitive (to)

Advise/recommend sb to do
afford to do (sich leisten)
agree to do
Had better do (wrde besser)
allow sb to do (erlauben)
Would rather do (wrde lieber)
appear to do (scheinen)
Id rather go home go to bed now
arrange to do (abmachen)
Cant face doing (nicht ausstehen)
attempt to do / doing (versuchen)
Hear, Notice, Observe, See, Watch sb do Call on sb to do sth. (appellieren)
cant help doing (kann nicht anders)
cant stand doing (nicht ausstehen)
cant wait to do
help sb do / to do
carry on/ keep doing
choose to do
He helped me (to) do my homework. claim to do (behaupten)
consider doing (in Betracht ziehen)
! She helped to lay the table (no obj.). compel / force sb to do (zwingen)
Delay doing (aufschieben)
Decide to do
Let / Have sb do
deny doing (verneinen)
demand to do (verlangen)
Enjoy / fancy (mgen)/ resent (s.argern) doing (machen/geschehen lassen)
deserve to do (verdienen, es wert sein)
Let the children play.
Finish / quit / give up doing
Encourage sb to do (ermuntigen)
Have difficulty (in) doing
expect to do
Make sb do (zwingen)
Fail to do (versagen)
! I was made to do it (passive).
Imagine/envisage doing (s. vorstellen)
forbid sb to do (verbieten)
intend doing / to do (beabsichtigen)
Get sb to do (dazubringen)
involve doing (mit sich bringen)
Help to do / sb do
Idiomatic expressions:
its no use/good doing (hat keinen Sinn)
hesitate to do (zgern)
make do with sth. (auskommen)
its not worth while doing (hat keinen Wert)
hope to do
make sb believe sth (weismachen)
Intend to do / doing (beabsichtigen)
let (it) slip (entschlpfen)
Mention doing (erwhnen)
invite sb to do (einladen)
let go (loslassen, entlassen)
mind doing (dagegen sein)
Learn (how) to do (lernen)
miss doing
Manage to do (bewltigen)
Not mind doing (nichts ausmachen)
Offer sb. to do / that (anbieten)
order sb to do / that
Postpone / put off doing (verschieben)
Persuade sb to do (berreden)
practise doing (ausben)
plan to do / that (beabsichtigen)
propose doing (vorschlagen)
pretend to do (vortuschen)
put up with / tolerate doing (tolerieren)
promise sb. to do / sb that
propose to do (beabsichtigen)
Recollect doing (erinnern)
prove to do (sich erweisen)
report doing (berichten)
Refuse sb. to do (verweigern)
risk doing
remind sb to do (j-n erinnern)
Spend time doing
Say that (to do sth)
suggest sb doing (vorschlagen)
seem to do (scheinen)
Take up doing (aufnehmen)
start / begin / continue to do / doing
swear / vow sb to do (schwren)
NB!
Teach sb (how) to do (beibringen)
tell / ask /beg sb to do (sagen, bitten)
love / (dis)like / prefer / hate / not bear /
tend to do (dazu neigen)
dread doing (more common) / to do
threaten to do (bedrohen)
Urge sb to do (drngen)
start / begin / continue doing / to do
used to do (pflegte zu/ Gewohnheit
in der Vergangenheit)
Want to do / that (wollen)
warn sb to do / that (warnen)
would like / prefer to do
Admit doing (zugeben)
advise/recommend doing / sb to do
attemp doing / to do (versuchen)
avoid doing (vermeiden)

Prep. +doing
They accused him of stealing
Hes good at solving riddles
used to doing (gewhnt sein fr)
look forward to doing (sich freuen auf)

Dare do (present) / to do (past)

Question words + to do:

I dont know what to do.
Tell me where to go.
I wonder which one to choose.
I dont know who to invite.
I wasnt sure when to leave.
Ask him how to change the wheel.

VERBS + INFINITIVES / GERUNDS: Different meanings

REMEMBER
I can't remember seeing that film.

in the past

Please remember to write to us when you are in America!

in the future

COME
After some years, they came to accept her.

gradual change

He came hurrying up the path.

movement

DARE
Dare he swim across this river? I darent talk to him about his girlfriend.

in the present

I didn't dare to ring you up in the middle of the night.

in the past

FORGET
Ill never forget flying over the Grand Canyon.

you did that in the past

The clothes are still dirty because I forgot to switch on the machine.

you didnt do it in the past

I mustn't forget to buy some more sugar for the cake.

in the future

HATE
I hate having to wash up / I hate washing up.
I'd hate to be in his position now.
+ I hate to interrupt / to admit it / to say this / to think
LIKE / LOVE
I like/love strolling along the harbour in the evening sun.
I like to get my work done before I go out.
I'd like/love to go to the cinema tonight.

always
now
an action gives you pleasure
habitual action (may not give you pleasure)
would + to

MAKE / HEAR / SEE / NOTICE / OBSERVE / FEEL

I heard him say / I was overheard to say
Did you hear those dogs barking most of the night?
I noticed him throw a sweet wrapper on the floor.
I felt the train moving / move.

active / passive
repeated action
one separate action
continuing / completed action

MEAN
Sorry I didn't mean to hurt you.
For me a holiday means lying in the sun all day long.

you intend to do it
it implies it

NEED
We don't need to wash up today.
We needn't wash up today.
My shoes need cleaning.

transitive verb (dont need, needed, will need)

modal verb (mostly in ?/-, auxiliaries, past)
passive: sth should be done

REGRET
I regret calling you an absolute idiot.
I regret to say that you could have done more.

in the past
now

STOP / GO ON
You should stop smoking for the sake of your health
We stopped at the 'Schfli' to have a drink.
Diana went on working all night.
The director went on to say that the strike was over.

give up doing it
in order to do
you did the same thing
you did something else

TRY
I tried to ring you up but couldn't get through to you.
Try asking Hans, he may know the answer.

you try and fail

you test if it works / suggest an action

VERBS + -ing/to: mixed, in alphabetical order (for you to learn)

Admit
advise/recommend

doing
doing / sb to do

Learn
let / have

(how) to do
sb do

afford

to do

agree

to do

allow
appear
arrange
attempt
avoid

sb to do
to do
to do
doing / to do
doing

Call on
cant face
cant help
cant stand
cant wait
carry on/ keep
choose
claim
compel / force
consider

sb to do sth
doing
doing
doing
to do
doing
to do
to do
sb to do
doing

Dare
decide
delay

do (in the present)

to do (in the past)
to do

deny
deserve

doing
to do
doing
to do

Encourage
enjoy / fancy / resent
expect

sb to do
doing
to do

Fail
finish / quit / give up
forbid sb
Get sb

to do
doing
to do
to do

Had better
have difficulty
hear / notice / observe / see / watch
help
hesitate
hope

do
(in) doing
sb do
sb do / to do
to do
to do

demand

Imagine / envisage

doing

intend
invite
involve
its no use/good / not worth

doing / to do
sb to do
doing
doing

love / (dis)like / prefer /

hate / not bear / dread

doing / to do

Make
manage
mention
mind
miss
not mind

sb do
to do
doing
doing
doing
doing

Offer
order

sb. to do / that
sb. to do / that

Persuade
plan
postpone / put off
practise
pretend
promise
propose (vorschlagen)
propose (beabsichtigen)
prove
put up with / tolerate

sb to do
to do / that
doing
doing
to do
sb. to do / sb that
doing
to do
to do
doing

Recollect
refuse
remind
report
risk

doing
sb. to do
sb to do
doing
doing

Say
seem
spend time
start / begin / continue
suggest
swear / vow

that (to do sth)

to do
doing
doing / to do
sb doing / that
sb to do

Take up
teach sb
tell / ask /beg
tend
threaten

doing
(how) to do
sb to do
to do
to do

Urge
used
to be used

sb to do
to do
to doing

Want
warn
would like / prefer

to do / that
sb to do / that
to do