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Some verbs are followed only by infinitives. For example: "my father taught me to drive a car" avoid finish consider quit enjoy miss "sometimes I worry about growing old"

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Atg Chart Gerundsinfin

Some verbs are followed only by infinitives. For example: "my father taught me to drive a car" avoid finish consider quit enjoy miss "sometimes I worry about growing old"

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Gerunds and Infinitives

When are verbs followed by gerunds and when are they followed by infinitives?
Study the grammar reference chart below.

Some verbs are followed only by infinitives.
For example: He wanted to play football.

agree want
choose forget (to do something)
decide remember (to do something)

Some verbs are followed by objects and infinitives.
For example: My father taught me to drive a car.

allow send
ask teach
invite warn

Some verbs are followed only by gerunds.
For example: I enjoy watching action movies.

avoid finish
consider quit
enjoy miss

Some verbs are followed by a preposition and gerunds.
For example: Sometimes I worry about growing old.

believe in talk about
feel like think about
plan on worry about

Some verbs are followed by either infinitives or gerunds with no change in
meaning of the sentence.
For example: I like to swim. OR I like swimming.

begin like
continue love
hate start

Some verbs are followed by either infinitives or gerunds, but there is a change in
the meaning of the sentence.
For example: I remember visiting my grandmother when I was a child.
Did you remember to study for the test?

forget stop
remember try


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