Common verbs followed by GERUNDS or INFINITIVES

Small mistakes are often made when it comes to gerunds and infinitives. Therefore, it's important to understand - and practice - which verbs are followed by a gerund and which are followed by an infinitive.

Below are a couple of helpful resources. The first is a list of some common verbs and whether they are followed by a gerund, infinitive, or both. The next resource is Google's Ngram Viewer. This allows us to compare the frequency of different words and phrases.

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[vivianacorrea]

In my humble opinion as a non native speaker, mastering this depends on usage.Very useful and complete explanation.Greatful!

[sezmwji]

Thank you for this lesson! Using Gerund or Infinitive about verbs is a complicated grammar question. You give a very useful explanation and a helpful quiz. I should like to add that in my opinion we use Gerund after the verb like when we talk about general actions, for example: I like buying in this supermarket, that is I regularly go to this supermarket, because I like it. But when I say - I like to by in this supermarket, I meen that I should like to go to this supermarket, which has been recently opened and they say it is a good one. Greetings from Bulgaria.

[javierarevalo]

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[soniamayrink]

It's AMAZING, it's EXCITING and so on and so forth, because it's English. A request, sir, would you be so kind as
talking about "split infinitive"?

[Aerosmith]

Thanks for the video and for the list. Have a great weekend!

[takayo]

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[abadalrhmazkoo]

Using the verbs after some other ones as an infinite or gerund is some times a little bit confusing . To my opinion, this might need more practice than memorising . It is a very useful lesson for practicing and recycling how to use them correctly . Teacher Wes thank you so much ❤️ for this cool presentation !

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[ivanaminafra]

Hello Wess, thanks for your invaluable lessons, I keep learning more and more...I have a question here, I'm probably going to take the C2 Cambridge exam in some time. Can you confirm that I can use either the infinitive or the gerund after like? Some British grammar books just consider the gerund but, on the other hand, when I studied English as a schoolgirl, I remember learning the infinitive form after like. I know languages evolve but just want to be sure what purists consider right or wrong. Thanks so much for all indeed and keep on the excellent work! 🥰

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[appaduraiganesh]

Your explanation cleared the doubts I have had about using gerund and ifinitive

[debjaneechatterjee]

Hi. I could answer all correctly! Love to watch your videos!

[aritzlizarragaolascoaga]

The lesson was great. It’s even hard to know for advanced students.

You should give a lesson specifically for the sentences where "to cheating…" are synonyms of "cheating…".

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[r.ch.r.]

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[masiuneasu]

Thank You for the cool lesson! I've started understanding Gerund.

[iamme]

Hmm…here’s a different perspective. In the example for “Please continue the LIKE button.” If you use the gerund “hitting, ” it could imply that you were already hitting the button, whereas, if you use the infinitive “to hit, ” it could imply that you hit the LIKE button in other videos and you are asking that we continue to in this video and others as well. 😊

[jarleynavarro]

Gracias, pensé que esto del verbo + gerundio era menos complicado, pero tu clase me ha sido de mucha ayuda.

[leo-wqck]

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