Infinitive

Gerund

After the verbs:

Afford

agree

appear

arrange

ask

attempt

(can’t) bear

beg

begin

care

choose

consent

continue

dare

decide

expect

fail

forget

go on

happen

hate

help

hesitate

hope

intend

learn

like

love

manage

mean

neglect

offer

prefer

prepare

pretend

promise

propose

refuse

regret

remember

seem

start

swear

trouble

try

want

wish.

After the verbs:

Admit

appreciate

avoid

begin

burst out

consider

contemplate

continue

delay

deny

detest

dislike

endure

enjoy

escape

excuse

face

fancy

feel

like

finish

forgive

give up

hate

(can’t) help

imagine

involve in

keep on

leave off

look forward to

mention

mind

miss

object to

postpone

practice

prefer

put off

resent

resist

risk

(can’t) stand

suggest

understand

be used to

After verb + object:

Advise

allow

ask

beg

cause

command

compel

encourage

expect

forbid

force

get

instruct

invite

leave

need

oblige

order

permit

persuade

recommend

remind

request

teach

tell

tempt

warn

After verb + object:

Just the same

After adjectives:

Pleased, anxious, shocked, afraid, surprised, happy, right, certain, careful, lucky, stupid, welcome, likely, easy, difficult, impossible, good, heavy, nice, first, second, last, next.

After adjectives/nouns:

Idea of, thought of, tired of, good at, busy, no use, no good, (not) worth, what’s the use, there is no point in, have difficulty, have trouble, interested, in addition to.

After too & enough

After the preposition to & other prepositions

Remember & forget

Refers forward in time – to things that one still has or still had to do

Remember & forget

Refers to the past – to things that one did

Go on

Refers to a change of activity.

Go on

‘continue’

Regret

Used mostly in announcements of bad news

Regret

Refers back to the past-something that one is sorry one did.

Advise, allow, permit & forbid

If there is an object

Advise, allow, permit & forbid

If there is no object

See watch & hear

Refer to complete events/actions which are seen from the beginning to end

See watch & hear

Pay attention to event or actions that are going on

Try

To do sth difficult

Try

To make an experiment to see what will happen

Mean

‘intend’

Mean

‘involve’ ‘have as a result’

Learn & teach

Result of the study – successful learning a skill

Learn & teach

Refer to lessons or subjects of study.

Like, love have & prefer

No great difference

Like, love have & prefer

No great difference

Begin & start

No great difference

Begin & start

No great difference

Attempt, intend, continue, can’t bear, be accustomed to, be, committed to

No great difference

Attempt, intend, continue, can’t bear, be accustomed to, be, committed to

No great difference

Stop

To explain the purpose

Stop

Afraid

Other cases

Afraid

To talk about fear of things that happen accidentally

Sorry

To apologize for current situation

Sorry

Refer to past things that one regrets

Certain & sure

Refer to the speaker’s own feelings

Certain & sure

Refer to the feelings of the person one is talking about

Interested

Without preposition

Interested

With preposition