verbs followed by to + infinitive
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verbs followed by to + infinitive
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1 Some verbs are followed by the to-infinitive:
I decided to go home as soon as possible.We all wanted to have more English classes.
Common verbs followed by the to-infinitive are:
Verbs of thinking and feeling:
choose decide expect forget hate hope intend learn like love mean plan prefer remember would like
would love
Verbs of saying:
agree promise refuse
Other common verbs are:
arrange attempt fail help manage tend try want
2 Some verbs are followed by a noun and the to-infinitive:
She asked him to send her a text message.He wanted all his friends to come to his party.
Common verbs with this pattern are:
Verbs of saying:
advise ask encourage invite order persuade remind tell warn *
*Note: The verb warn is normally used with notThe police warned everyone not to drive too fast.
Verbs of wanting or liking:
expect intend would prefer want would like
Other verbs with this pattern are:
allow enable
force get teach
3. Passive infinitive
Many of these verbs are sometimes followed by a passive infinitive (to be + past participle):
I expected to be met when I arrived at the station.They wanted to be told if anything happened.I don’t like driving myself. I prefer to be driven.
Activity 1(pop-up): Match the 'to infinitive' clauses to the sentence beginnings.
Activity 2(pop-up): Match the 'to infinitive' clauses to the sentence beginnings.
Activity 3(pop-up): Match the 'to infinitive' clauses to the sentence beginnings
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Common verbs followed by –ing nouns are:
Verbs of liking and disliking:
detest dislike enjoy hate fancy like love
I love swimming but I hate jogging.They always enjoyed visiting their friends.A: Do you fancy going for a walk?B: I wouldn’t mind
Phrases with mind:
wouldn’t mind (= would like) don’t mind (= I am willing to) would you mind (= will you please…?)
I wouldn’t mind having some fish and chips.I don’t mind waiting for a few minutes.Would you mind holding this for me?
Verbs of saying and thinking:
admit consider deny imagine remember suggest
Our guide suggested waiting until the storm was over.Everyone denied seeing the accident.
Other common verbs are:
avoid begin finish keep miss practise risk start stop
I haven’t finished writing this letter. Let’s practise speaking English.
Passive form of -ing
Many of these verbs are sometimes followed by the passive form of -ing: being + past participle
I don’t like being interrupted.Our dog loves being stroked under the chin.
Noun + -ing clause
Some verbs are followed by a noun and an -ing clause:
Verbs to do with the senses:
see watch hear smell listen to etc.
We saw everybody running away.I could hear someone singing.
Other common verbs:
catch find
imagine leave prevent stop
I caught someone trying to break into my house.We couldn’t prevent them getting away
verbs followed by that clause
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With "that"
We can use clauses with that:
• after verbs of thinking:
think believe expect decide hope know understand suppose guess imagine
feel remember forget
I hope that you will enjoy your holiday.She didn’t really think that it would happen.I knew that I had seen her somewhere before.
• after verbs of saying:
say admit argue reply agree claim deny mention answer complain explain promise suggest
They admitted that they had made a mistake.She argued that they should invest more in
the business.The children complained that they had nothing to do.
Note: tell and some other verbs of saying must always have a direct object (see clauses, sentences and phrases):
tell convince persuade inform remind
We tried to tell them that they should stop what they were doing.The police informed everybody that the danger was over.
• as postmodifiers after nouns to do with thinking or saying:
advice belief claim feeling argument
hope promise report guess opinion idea
He made a promise that he would do all he could to help.I had a funny feeling that something was wrong.
• after some nouns to say more about the noun:
fact advantage effect possibility chance danger evidence problem difficulty
She pointed out the danger that they might be left behind.There was a chance that we would succeed
Note: We often use a that clause to define one of these nouns after the verb be :
danger problem chance possibility fact
The danger is that we will be left behind.The fact is that it is getting very late.
• after some adjectives which describe feelings to give a reason for our feelings:
pleased sorry happy unhappy sad excited glad disappointed afraid
I am sorry that you can’t come.Everybody was pleased that the danger was
past.It is lucky that you were able to drive us home.
No "that"
NOTE: We can always use a clause without the word that:
They admitted [that] they had made a mistake.The police informed everybody [that] the danger was over.I am sorry [that] you can’t come.There was chance [that] we would succeed