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Verbs that are normally followed by the gerund form:-

acknowledge | admit | adore | anticipate | appreciate | avoid | celebrate | confess | contemplate
delay | deny | describe | detest | discuss | dislike | dread | endure | enjoy
fancy | finish | imagine | involve | keep | justify | mention | mind | miss | omit | postpone | practise
quit | recall | recommend | regret | report | resent | resume | risk | suggest | tolerate | understand

For example:

• I adore reading your books.
• They anticipated winning the election.
• I detest going to discos.
• We postponed making any decision in the meeting.
• I quit smoking.
• Do you recall seeing someone like that?

Verbs which are normally followed by the infinitive form:-

afford | agree | appear | arrange | ask | attempt | care | choose | claim | come | consent
dare | decide | demand | deserve | determine | elect | endeavour | expect | fail | get | guarentee
hate | help | hesitate | hope | hurry | incline | intend | learn | long | manage | mean | need
offer | plan | prepare | pretend | promise | refuse | resolve | say | seem | tend | threaten | want | wish

For example:

• I can't afford to go to the pub.
• He agreed to practise more.
• You should learn to express yourself.
• They managed to fix the problem.

Verbs which can be followed by the gerund or infinitive form:-

Some verbs can be followed by the gerund or infintive

With no change in meaning

begin | continue | hate | like | love | neglect | prefer | start | try

For example:-

• He began to learn English when he was eight.
• He began learning English when he was eight.
• I hate to leave.
• I hate leaving.

!Note - We often use the gerund when we speak about things in general, and the infinitive for particular situations.

With a change in meaning

forget | remember | stop

For example:-

• I forgot to feed the cat. (The cat is hungry - he has not been fed)
• I forgot feeding the cat. (The cat is ok - I fed him and then forgot about it)