12 | Verbs Followed by the Gerund Examuts Jane enjoys playing tenis and gardening. abhor confess endure five up (estop) postpone resume acknowledge consider exioy imagine practice risk admit defend escape keep (=continue) prevent shirk advise delay evade keep on put off shun allow deny explain mention recall suggest anticipate detest fancy mind = object to) recollect support appreciate discontinue fear miss recommend tolerate avoid discuss feel ike necessitate report understand be worth dislike feign omit resent urge cat help dispute finish permit resist warrant celebrate read forgive picture 13 | Adjective + Preposition Combinations ‘These expressions are followed by nouns, pronouns, or gerunds. Examptes: not familiar with that writer. Frmamazed at her Were excited about going, accustomed to capable of fascinated with/by intent on ready for suited to afraid of careful of fed up with interested in responsiblefor surprised at/about/ amazed at/by concerned with/ fond of. intrigued by/at sad about by angry at/with about furious with/et mad at (cangryat/ safe from terrible at ashamed of content with glad about with) satisfied with tired from astonished at/by curious about good at nervous about shocked at/by tired of aware of different from good with ‘obsessed with/about sick of used to awful at excellent at suit of ‘opposed to slow at weary of bad at excited about happy about pleased about/with sorry for/about worried about bored with/by famous for incapable of poor at 14 | Verbs Followed by the Infinitive Exampur: The Baxters decided to sell their house agree care determine hurry plan say swear wait appear chance elect incline Prepare seek tend want arrange choose endeavor lean Pretend seem threaten wish ask claim expect ‘manage profess shudder tun out would ike attempt ‘come fail mean (= promise strive venture yea beg consent get intend) prove struggle volunteer can/cannot dare gr0W (up) need refuse afford decide guarentee neglect remain car/cannot demand hesitate offer request wait deserve hope pay resolve15 Verbs Followed by the Gerund or Infinitive Without a Significant Change in Meaning Exampuss: Martha hates to goto bed eary. ‘Martha hates going to bed ealy. cant stand hate love propose continue like prefer start 16 Verbs Followed by the Gerund or the Infinitive with a Significant Change in Meaning forget Wve almost forgotten meeting him. (= At present, I can hardly remember) | almost forgot to meet him. («| almost didnt remember to meet him) goon Jack went on writing novels, (= Jack continued to write novels) Carrie went on to write novels. (= Carrie ended some other activity and began to write novels) ‘uit Ella quit working at Sloan’ Frank quit to work at Sloan he isn't working there anymore) He quit another job in order to work at Sloans) {regret telling you Id take the job. (=m sorry that | said | woul teke it) | regret to tell you that | cant take the job. (='m telling you now that | cait take the job, and 'm sory I cant take ft) remember Velma remembered writing to Bil (= Velma remembered the previous activity of writing to Bll) ‘Melissa remembered to write to Bl. (= Melissa cit forget to write to Bll. She wrote him) stop Hank stopped eating (= He stopped the activity of eating) Bruce stopped to eat. (= He stopped doing something else in order to eat.) ty ‘Martin tried skiing. (= Martin sampled the activity of skiing) Helen tried to ski len attempted to ski but didnt succeed.) 17 |_Verbs Followed by Noun / Pronoun + Infinitive Examput: | asked Sally to lend me her car. advise choose forbid invite pay" remind tell warn allow convince force need! permit require urge would iket ak encourage get* order persuade teach want* cause expect™ hire ‘These verbs can aso be folowedby the infinitive without an object Exampus: | want to go. | want Jerry to go. As]