Verbs followed by V+ing or to infinitive

V + V-ing + V-ing Finish Imagine Don’t mind Enjoy Avoid *When they finished fight, Mordred was dead. When they finished fighting, Mordred was dead.   * He couldn’t imagine throw it away.  He couldn’t imagine throwing it away.

V + V-ing

V + to infinitive + to infinitive Want Promise Agree Decide Refuse Forget Offer Need + to infinitive *Sir Bedivere promised do it. Sir Bedivere promised to do it. *He refused believe the knight’s story.  He refused to believe the knight’s story.

V + to infinitive

V + to infinitive or V-ing Like Hate Prefer Love Start Begin + to infinitive or V-ing The armies started fighting early in the morning. The armies started to fight early in the morning. He picked up the sword and started to throw it. He picked up the sword and started throwing it.

different meaning Stop Remember + to infinitive Forget or Try V-ing He stopped to hide the sword in the bushes. Zastao je da bi... The king stopped smiling. Prestao je... He remembered receiving his magic sword. Prisetio se kako je... He remembered to mark the place. Setio se da uradi...

I forgot to phone your sister. (= I didn’t remember to phone.) I’ll never forget seeing Rio de Janeiro for the first time. (= I will always have a memory of seeing Rio.) I tried to see Mary but she was in a meeting. (= I made an attempt/I did my best to see Mary.) If you can’t get to sleep, try counting sheep. (= Experiment to see if counting sheep helps.)