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ING FORMS
INFINITIVE
To
express purpose:
INFINITIVE
After
certain verbs: advise, agree, decide, hope, promise, refuse, seem, want etc.
INFINITIVE
After
verbs like know, decide, ask, learn, remember followed by WH- words:
INFINITIVE
After
INFINITIVE
After
She is too sad to talk right now. She was frightened enough to keep silent.
-ING FORM
As
a noun:
-ING FORM
After
-ING FORM
After
certain verbs: consider, avoid, deny, look forward to, involve, mention, risk, mind, regret, admit, suggest, imagine etc.
-ING FORM
After
go for activities:
-ING FORM
After:
its no use, its (not) worth, its no good, be busy, theres no point in, cant help, cant stand, be/get used to, have difficulty in
-ING FORM
After:
etc
NO change in meaning begin, start, continue, allow, permit, recommend, need, require They began to speak / speaking in a lower voice. They dont allow parking / us to park here.
like + infinitive = preference like+ -ing = enjoy I like to keep my room clean. I like swimming.
They stopped to greet each other. They stopped laughing because they were too loud.
I tried to speak louder, but I failed. I tried speaking English to him because he didnt understand my language.
I must remember to water the plants. Ok, I now remember watering the plants.
I forgot to tell her to water the plants. I forgot telling her to water the plants, so I did it again.
hear / see / watch / listen + -ing = witnessing a performing action I heard him talking on the phone.
hear / see / watch / listen + infinitive= witnessing the whole process I heard him talk on the phone.