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Verbs Followed by Gerunds OR Infinitives Different Meaning

Verbs Followed by Gerunds OR Infinitives Different Meaning. VERBS THAT CHANGE MEANING . WHEN FOLLOWED BY A GERUND FORGET doing something I forgot buying a dozen eggs, so I bought another dozen . . WHEN FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE FORGET to do something

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Verbs Followed by Gerunds OR Infinitives Different Meaning

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  1. Verbs Followed by Gerunds OR Infinitives Different Meaning

  2. VERBS THAT CHANGE MEANING WHENFOLLOWED BY A GERUND FORGET doing something I forgot buying a dozen eggs, so I bought another dozen. WHENFOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE FORGET to do something I forgot to buy eggs, so I need to go out and buy a dozen for breakfast tomorrow.

  3. VERBS THAT CHANGE MEANING WHENFOLLOWED BY A GERUND REMEMBER doing something __________________________________________ WHENFOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE REMEMBER to do something __________________________________________

  4. VERBS THAT CHANGE MEANING STOP doing something He stopped smoking after he had children. STOP to do something He stopped to smoke before he got home from work.

  5. VERBS THAT CHANGE MEANING TRY doing something He tried eating durian, but he didn’t like it. TRY to do something He tried to eat durian, but it smelled so bad, he couldn’t bite into it.

  6. VERBS THAT CHANGE MEANING REGRET doing something He regretted beinglate to the wedding. REGRET to inform/ tell you He received a message saying, “I regret to inform you that I cannot attend your wedding.”

  7. FOURTYPES OF GERUND USE VERBS + GERUND AVOID + speaking native language ENJOY + going to the beach . . . PREPOSITION + GERUND BEFORE LEAVING the house, please close the windows. INSTEAD OF watching a movie, let’s go for a walk. . .

  8. FOURTYPES OF GERUND USE BE + ADJ + PREPOSITION + GERUND BE AFRAID OF making mistakes BE GOOD AT playing soccer. . VERB WITH PREPOSITION + GERUND APOLOGIZE FOR being late BELIEVE IN working hard . .

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