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infinitive without to -ing form to-infinitive Forms

The -ing form is used: After the verbs: love, like, enjoy, prefer, dislike, hate For example: Liza prefers dancing alone. After the verbs: spend, waste, lose (time, money,etc) For example: He spends all time playing computer games.

After the verbs: hear, listen to, notice, see, watch, feel to describe an incomplete action. I saw John waiting for the taxi. After the verbs: admit, appreciate, avoid, consider, deny, fancy, go (for activities), imagine, mind, miss, practise, prevent, quit, save, suggest. You should continue studying English.

After expression such as:  b be busy, it’s no use, it’s no good, it’s (not) worth, what’s the use of, can’t help, there’s no point (in), can’t stand, have difficulty (in), have trouble. It’s no use complaining all the time.  think of, apologise for. I apologised for being later.

The -ing form is used: After the preposition to with verbs:  o object to, look forward to, be used to. in addition to. After prepositions : AAfter, on, by, before, without, instead of, besides He went to school without eating any breakfast.

The to-infinitive form is used: After would like, would love, would prefer. For example: I would love to come to your party After certain verbs that refer to the future (agree, appear, decide, expect, hope, pian, promise, refuse, want) For example: I want you to come.

The to-infinitive is used: After too / enough After verbs and expressions such as ask, deside, explain, learn, find out. After ajectives which describe feelings/ emotions, express willingness/ un willingness or refer to a person character

The infinitive without to is used: After modal verbs (Sally can speak English) After the verbs: let, make, see, hear, feel (My brother made me apologise) After had better and would rather. (You had better put a jacket on) +

Differences in meaning between the to- infinitive and – ing form ForgetNot rememberto-infinitive += Forget + -ing form Not recall = RememberNot forgetto-infinitive Recall -ing form Remember + + = =

Differences in meaning between the to- infinitive and – ing form to-infinitive Do something as an experiment Attempt, do one’s best Try -ing form + += = Finish doing something Stop temporarily in order to do something else to-infinitive Stop = = + + -ing form

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