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Verbs followed by an infinitive or gerund with a difference in meaning
| try + infinitive | Many elderly people try to stay active. | Make an attempt/make an effort | |
| try + gerund | My grandmother hastried taking long walks. | Experiment to find out if a new method works | |
| regret+ infinitive | I regret to admit that I'm over the hill. | Feel sorry about saying something negative (usually used withsay, tell, inform, admit) | |
| regret + gerund | I regret losing all my old photographs. | Feel sorry about something that has already happened | |
| remember+ infinitive | I always remember to mailmy bills on time. | The remembering occurs before the action | |
| remember+ gerund | I remember alwaysmailingmy bills late when I was young. | The remembering occurs after the action | |
| forget+ infinitive | My son never forgets to call on my birthday. | The result of forgetting is that the action doesn't take place. | |
| Forget + gerund | I'llnever forget calling my son when he was in Europe. | An action is not forgotten after it takes place. (usually used withnever) | |
| stop + infinitive | I alwaysstop to buy the newspaper on my way home | Stop for the purpose of accomplishing a task | |
| stop + gerund | I stopped buying the newspaper when my eyes went bad. | Interrupt an action in progress | |
| need + infinitive | I need to go to the doctor. | It is necessary for me to go | |
| need + gerund | My hairneeds cutting | It needs to be cut - passive meaning | |
| come + infinitive | After some years they came to accept her as an equal. | to talk about gradual change | |
| come + gerund | He came hurrying up the path | to say that someone moves in the way that it is described | |
| go on+infinitive | After the interval, Pavarotti went on to sing an aria from Tosca. | to mean that something is done after something else is finished | |
| go on +gerund | Although she asked him to stop, he went on tapping his pen on the table | To say that someone moves in the way that it is described . | |
| mean+infinitive | I meant to phone you last week. | to say that we intend(ed) to do something | |
| mean + gerund | If we want to get there by 7.00, that means getting up before 5.00. | To say that something has something else as a result | |
| be afraid + infinitive | The streets in this city are not safe at night. Many people are afraid to go out alone. (they don’t want to go out alone because it’s dangerous) | I’m afraid to do smth = I don’t want to do smth because it’s dangerous or the result could be unpleasant. | |
| be afraid of + gerund | We walked along the path very carefully because it was icy and we were afraid of falling. (not afraid to fall) | I’m afraid of smth happening = there is a possibility that something bad will happen. | |
Exercise 30. RECOGNITION: What Happened First?
DIRECTIONS: For each sentence below, identify which action of the two that are underlined happens first.
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