This document discusses different verbs followed by infinitives or gerunds in English and some key differences in meaning. It provides lists of verbs that can be followed by infinitives or gerunds with no difference in meaning, as well as verbs where the construction (infinitive vs gerund) impacts the meaning. Some examples of how the construction changes the meaning are given, such as "hate" followed by an infinitive referring to a specific occasion, while "hate" followed by a gerund refers to an action in general.

1. Infinitive and gerund

2. Verbs followed by a to infinitive
l Afford, agree, aim, appear, arrange, ask,
attempt, beg, care, choose, consent, dare,
decide, demand, deserve, expect, fail, fight,
guarantee, happen, help, hesitate, hope,
intend, learn, manage, mean, neglect, offer,
pause, plan, prepare, pretend, promise,
prove, swear, tend, threaten, undertake,
volunteer, vow, wait, want, refuse, seem ,
wish, yearn.

3. Verbs followed by ing forms
Admit Detest Involve Resent
Adore Dislike Keep Resist
Appreciate Dread Lie Risk
Avoid Endure Loathe – detesta Sit
Celebrate Enjoy Mention Stand
Commence Face Mind suggest
Contemplate Fancy Miss
Delay Finish Postpone
deny Go Practise
consider imagine Report

4. Verb + preposition + ing form
Admit to Benefit from Get on with Resort to
Agree with Care for Insist on Succeed in
Aim at Confess of Object to Think of
Apologise for Count on Pay for Vote for
Approve of Depend on Put up with
Believe in Feel like Rely on

5. Noun + preposition +ing form
Hope of Idea of Way of
Difficulty in Thought of Method of

6. Advjectives + preposition + ing
Bad at Capable of Guilty of
Good at Excited about Tired of
Good for Fed up with Keen on
Bored with Fond of Nervous of

7. Other expressions followed by
ing form
Can’t bear Go (camping) No good
Can’t help Spend time/ No use
money
Can’t stand Not worth

8. Verbs followed by infinitve or
gerund with no difference in
meaning
attempt cease Fear love
begin Continue Hate prefer
bother deserve like start

9. Verbs followed by infinitve or
gerund with difference in
meaning

10. Hate, like, dislike, prefer
l + infinitiv - cu referire la o anumita ocazie
– I hate to get up early on Monday morning
– I like to go to concerts conducted by him
l + gerund - actiune vazuta in general
– I hate getting up in the morning
– I like going to concerts

11. Remember, forget
l + infinitive - actiune posterioara
– I must remember to post the letters (sa trimit)
– I forgot to phone her last night (sa ii telefonez)
l + gerund - actiune anterioara
– I remember posting the letters (ca am trimis)
– I’ll never forget seeing her at the ball (ca am vazut-o)

12. regret
l + infinitive - Actiune simultana cu regretul
– I regret to say it wasn’t true (sa iti spun)
l + gerund - actiune anterioara regretului
– I regret saying it wasn’t true (ca ti-am spus)

13. Begin, cease
l + infinitive - actiune involuntara
– It began to rain while they were walking
l + gerund - actiune deliberata
– he began writing when he was 50

14. Stop
l + infinitive - scopul actiunii
– he stopped to eat (sa manance)
l + gerund - incetarea actiunii
– he stopped eating (din mancat)

15. Continue, dread, fear, intend,
neglect
l + infinitive - frecvent in vorbire si in
exprimarea familiara
– I need to spend the holidays there
l + gerund - limba literara
– I intend spending my holiday there

16. try
l + infinitive - a incerca, a face un effort
– Try to write with your left hand
l + gerund - a trece prin, a experimenta
– I tried writing with my left hand when I was a child

17. Mean
l + infinitive - a intentiona
– I meant to tell you but I forgot
l + gerund - a insemna
– his coming tomorrow means mother’s working extra hard

18. afraid
l + infinitive - intr-o anumita situatie
– I’m afraid to disturb him at this hour
l + gerund - in general
– I can’t play records here as I’m afraid of disturbing him

19. Allow, permit
l + infinitive + complement indirect
– he doesn’t allow pupils to talk
l + gerund (fara complement indirect)
– he doesn’t allow talking in class