REGRET + ING: I did something ad now I´m sorry about it. REGRET + TO: I´m sorry that I have to say … à “We regret to inform you…” ( Formal Letter) NEED + ING: It needs to be done (need + gerund is a passive structure).
NEED + TO: It is necessary for you to do it. TRY + ING: Experiment to see if something work: “Try watching the movies in English.” TRY + TO: When you make an effort to get something: “I try to learn English taking lessons twice a week.” “I remember spending the Summer on the beach when I was a kid.”įORGER + TO: You didn´t remember to do something: “ I forgot to take my umbrella!”įORGET + ING: Your did something and you won´t never forget it: “I´ll never forget living in Reading.” REMEMBER + ING: You did something, then you remember it. REMEMBER + TO: You remember first, then you do something. ING (more common when you are talking generally): “ I like skiing.”TO INFINITIVE (more common when you talk about a specific occasion): “I like to skiing in February or March.”ģ.VERBS THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVE OR GERUND WITH CHANGE OF MEANING. VERBS THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVE OR GERUND WITH NO CHANGE OF MEANING. Anyway, here we´re gonna give you all the rules and some activities that will help you to improve a lot. The problem is that is something that we need to know by heart.
I´m sure you find difficult to know which verbs are followed by a gerund or a “to” infinitive.
