Common verbs followed by GERUNDS or INFINITIVES

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Small mistakes are often made when it comes to gerunds and infinitives. Therefore, it's important to understand - and practice - which verbs are followed by a gerund and which are followed by an infinitive.

Below are a couple of helpful resources. The first is a list of some common verbs and whether they are followed by a gerund, infinitive, or both. The next resource is Google's Ngram Viewer. This allows us to compare the frequency of different words and phrases.

Using Gerunds and Infinitives (Resource): www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/repository/files/grammar-a…

Google Ngram Viewer: books.google.com/ngrams/


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All Comments (21)
  • @vivianacorrea6549
    In my humble opinion as a non native speaker, mastering this depends on usage.Very useful and complete explanation.Greatful!
  • @user-se7zm6wj5i
    Thank you for this lesson! Using Gerund or Infinitive about verbs is a complicated grammar question. You give a very useful explanation and a helpful quiz. I should like to add that in my opinion we use Gerund after the verb like when we talk about general actions, for example: I like buying in this supermarket, that is I regularly go to this supermarket, because I like it. But when I say - I like to by in this supermarket, I meen that I should like to go to this supermarket, which has been recently opened and they say it is a good one. Greetings from Bulgaria.
  • @javierarevalo6812
    Thanks a lot Wes for doing this video, you explained everything in a clear way!
  • @takayo4168
    Your new video will definitely help me improve accuracy in my English grammar! I've learned lots of new things. Thanks Wes😃
  • @Aerosmith77
    Thanks for the video and for the list. Have a great weekend!
  • @Cydda13
    Oh my gosh! What a great lesson! Thanks so much Wess, your job means lot to me!
  • @soniamayrink3295
    It's AMAZING, it's EXCITING and so on and so forth, because it's English. A request, sir, would you be so kind as talking about "split infinitive"?
  • @kmclrz67
    Thank you so much for your many lessons!!❤
  • @r.ch.r.8721
    Thank you very much. This class has helped me a lot.
  • @appaduraiganesh1882
    Your explanation cleared the doubts I have had about using gerund and ifinitive
  • @masiuneasu
    Thank You for the cool lesson! I've started understanding Gerund.
  • @abadalrhmazkoo922
    Using the verbs after some other ones as an infinite or gerund is some times a little bit confusing . To my opinion, this might need more practice than memorising . It is a very useful lesson for practicing and recycling how to use them correctly . Teacher Wes thank you so much ❤️ for this cool presentation !