Grade 10 Grammar Lesson 22 Verbs followed by infinitives and gerund
What are gerunds?
What are some verbs that are always followed by a ‘to infinitive’?
What are some verbs that are always followed by a gerund?
Do some verbs take both the ‘to infinite’ and the gerund without any difference?
- Some verbs are followed by a to infinitive while others take a gerund after them.
- Common verbs followed by a to infinitive but not a gerund include:
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agree |
aim |
ask |
decline |
demand |
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fail |
hesitate |
hope |
hurry |
manage |
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offer |
plan |
prepare |
want |
wish |
- Common verbs followed by a gerund but not a to infinitive include:
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admit |
avoid |
consider |
delay |
detest |
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dread |
envisage |
feel like |
finish |
imagine |
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miss |
recall |
resent |
risk |
suggest |
- The verbs begin, cease, start and continue can be followed by either to infinitive or gerund, but we normally avoid using two -ing forms together.
- The verbs advise and encourage take a to infinitive when there’s an object but a gerund when there’s none.
- The verbs come, go on, mean, regret, remember, stop and try can be followed by infinitive as well as gerund but there’s difference in meaning.
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