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Gerunds & Infinitives

Gerunds and Infinitives After Verbs

Which verbs take -ing and which take to.

Explanation

Some verbs take a gerund (enjoy, avoid, finish, mind, suggest), some take an infinitive (want, hope, decide, promise, refuse), and a few take both with a change in meaning, notably stop, remember and try.

Examples

I enjoy walking early.
She decided to postpone the trip.
He stopped smoking last year.

Common mistakes

I enjoy to walk early.
I enjoy walking early.
Enjoy takes -ing.
She decided postponing the trip.
She decided to postpone the trip.
Decide takes to.
He stopped to smoke last year.
He stopped smoking last year.
Stopping to smoke means pausing in order to smoke.

More Gerunds & Infinitives

Verbs That Change Meaning

Stop, remember, forget, try, go on.

Prepositions Followed by Gerunds

Verb plus preposition patterns.

Infinitives of Purpose and After Adjectives

Why we do something, and adjective patterns.