124A Verb Patterns 3145 Infinitives and -ing forms67

Apuntes

**4A Verb Patterns (1): Infinitives and -ing forms** **Key Idea:** Some verbs are followed by an infinitive (to + base verb), others by an -ing form (gerund), and some can be followed by either with or without a change in meaning. **Infinitives (to + base form of the verb):** * **Used after verbs that express:** * Desire, hope, plans: *want, would like, hate, prefer, seem, appear, tend.* * Obligation, permission: *be allowed to.* * Cause or persuasion: *advise, beg, persuade, remind, warn.* * Belief or supposition: *believe, consider, expect, know, suppose, think.* * Difficulty: *find, manage.* * Qualities and expressions: *be easy/difficult/impossible, be the first/last/only.* * Quantities and expressions of degree: *too + adjective + to, enough + noun + to.* * **Also used after:** * Adjectives to express purpose or feeling: *happy to help, surprised to see.* * Nouns to express purpose or function: *the man to see, the time to arrive.* * *it + be + adjective + to* * *it + take + time + to* **-ing forms (verb + -ing):** * **Used after verbs that frequently follow continuous actions or habits:** *imagine, keep, remember, risk, start, ...