English

1)      hate, dislike, enjoy, love, can’t stand, can’t help, keep, mind

I hate dancing.

He loves walking alone.

She can’t stand listening to him.

 

2)      make, let – no change

She made him do it.

Let me introduce myself.

 

3)      begin, start, continue – without changing of the meaning – ing/to

He started to cry. / He started crying.

She began talking. /She began to talk.

 

4)       prepositions  – ing

 

interested in		fed up with
instead of		fond of
prevent sb from		talk about
succeed in		dream of
decide against		look forward to
accuse of		thank for
warn against		be good at
advantage of		be bad at
object to		think of
in spite of		apologise for
insist on		approve of
feel like		congratulate on
suspect of		stop from
put off		get used to
carry on		be used to
give up		keep on

 

She insists on helping us.

Inspite of being there late she could join them.

He is bad at counting.

 

Remember:

It is (not) worth...  - This book is really worth reading...

It is no use/ It is no good.

There is no point in...

Have difficulty in 

A waste of money.../ a waste of time  - It is a waste of money going there.

 

 

Be careful!! „look forward to“, „object to“, „be used to“, „get used to“  => "to" is preposition here => ing form

I am looking forward to hearing from you again soon.

I am used to getting up early.

 

 

5)       only with gerund – ing

avoid		finish
suggest		delay
miss		report
mind		prevent
deny		postpone
resist		feel
admit		risk
appreciate		smell
mention		fancy
practise		would mind
consider		involve
find		stand
prefer

 After „mind“ i „would mind“ is every time gerund – ing

 

 

6)      only with infinitiv “to”

 

decide		offer
refuse		seem
would like		deserve
would love		aim
would prefer		threaten
expect		mean
explain		tell
warn		enable
hope		plan
claim		tend
attempt		afford
arrange		want
ask		understand
order		force
teach		learn
promise		promise
pretend		agree
manage		fail
beg		know
wonder		remind
invite		get

 

would like to, would love to, would hate to, would prefer to

I would prefer to stay at home rather than go out.

 

7)       adverbs and adjectives  – “to”

 

difficult		impossible		expensive
kind		mean		careless
happy		delighted		surprised
sure		likely		easy
dangerous		cheap		clever
silly		glad		sad
amazed		certain		hard
safe		sensible		stupid
pleased		disappointed		astonished

 

I am pleased to see you again.

I was glad to hear that.

It was difficult to understand.

 

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