ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
56. Verb + ing or to … 1 (call up/ regret etc.)
| A | Some verbs are followed by -ing and some are followed by to ... | Verbs ordinarily followed by -ing : | Verbs normally followed past to ... : | | admit avoid consider deny enjoy | fancy finish imagine keep (on) mind | postpone risk stop propose | For examples, see Unit of measurement 53. | | afford agree arrange decide deserve | neglect forget hope learn manage | offer programme hope reject threaten | For examples, meet Unit of measurement 54. | |
| B | Some verbs can be followed by -ing or to ... with a difference of significant: recollect | I remember doing something= I did information technology and at present I remember this. Yous remember doing something after yous have washed it. · I know I locked the door. I clearly remember locking it. (=I locked information technology, and now I remember this) · He could think driving forth the road just before the blow, but he couldn't retrieve the blow itself. | I remembered to do something= I remembered that I had to do information technology, and so I did it. You remember to do something earlier you practice it. · I remembered to lock the door, simply I forgot to shut the windows. (= I remembered that I had to lock it, and so I locked it) · I must remember to pay the electricity beak. (= I must not forget to pay it) | regret | I regret doing something= I did information technology and now I'm sorry nigh it: · I now regret maxim what I said. I shouldn't have said it. · Do you regret not going to college? | I regret to say /to tell yous / to inform you lot = I'm sad that I have to say (etc.): · (from a formal alphabetic character) We regret to inform you lot that your awarding has been unsuccessful. | go on | Go on doing something = go on with the aforementioned thing: · The president paused for a moment and and then went on talking . · We need to alter. We tin't go along living like this. | Go on to do something = do or say something new: · Afterward discussing the economic system, the president then went on to talk about foreign policy. | |
| C | The following verbs tin be followed by -ing or to .. . with no departure of meaning: | begin | showtime | proceed | intend | bother | So you can say: · Information technology started raining . or It started to rain . · Andy intends ownership a house. or Andy intends to buy ... · Don't bother locking the door. or Don't carp to lock ... But normally we practice not use -ing after -ing : · Information technology's starting to rain . (not it's starting raining) |
EXERCISES
| 56.i | Put the verb into the correct form, -ing or to .... | 1 | They denied ____ stealing____ the money. (steal) | | 2 | I don't enjoy ___________very much. (bulldoze) | | 3 | I can't beget _________ out this night. I don't have plenty money. (go) | | 4 | Has it stopped ________________ even so? (pelting) | | v | We were unlucky to lose the game. We deserved _____________(win) | | 6 | Why do you lot keep __________ me questions? Tin't you leave me solitary? (ask) | | 7 | Delight stop __________ me questions! (ask) | | 8 | I decline ________________ any more questions. (reply) | | 9 | The driver of one of the cars admitted _______________the accident. (crusade) | | 10 | Mark needed our help, and we promised _____________what we could. (do) | | 11 | I don't listen ____________ alone, but it's better to exist with other people. (be) | | 12 | The wall was quite loftier, but I managed ____________ over it. (climb) | | xiii | 'Does Sarah know almost the meeting?' 'No, I forgot ____________ her.' (tell) | | 14 | I've enjoyed ___________to you lot. I hope ____________ you over again shortly. (talk, see) | |
| 56.2 | Tom tin can remember some things about his childhood, but he can't remember others. Complete the sentences. | 1 | He was in infirmary when he was a small child. He can still remember this. ___ He can remember being in hospital _____ when he was a small-scale child. | | 2 | He went to Paris with his parents when he was 8. He remembers this. He remembers _____________ with his parents when he was viii. | | three | He cried on his first 24-hour interval at school. He doesn't remember this. He doesn't _____________ on his first day at schoolhouse. | | 4 | Once he roughshod into the river. He can remember this. He _____________. | | v | He said he wanted to exist a doctor. He tin can't retrieve this. _________________ to be a doc. | | half dozen | In one case he was bitten by a dog. He doesn't remember this. ___________________ a dog. | |
| 56.three | Complete each sentence with a verb in the correct grade, -ing or to .... Sometimes either form is possible. | 1 | a. Please remember______ to lock ______the door when you go out. b. A: You lent me some money a few months ago. B: Did I? Are yous certain? I don't remember ________ yous any coin. c. A: Did you think ________ your sister? B: Oh no, I completely forgot. I'll phone her tomorrow. d. When you encounter Steve, remember ________ hello to him from me. e. Someone must have taken my handbag. I conspicuously remember __________ it past the window and at present it has gone. | | 2 | a. I believe that what I said was right. I don't regret ____________ information technology. b. I knew they were in trouble, only I regret ___________ I did zero to help them. c. Information technology started to get cold, and he regretted non _____________ his coat. | | 3 | a. Ben joined the visitor nine years ago. He became assistant managing director later on 2 years, and a few years later he went on _________ managing director of the company. b. I can't go on _________ here whatsoever more. I want a different chore. c. When I came into the room, Lisa was reading a newspaper. She looked upwards and said hi, and then went on ____________ her newspaper. | | 4 | a. If the company continues _________ coin, the factory may be closed. b. Julia has been ill, but at present she's beginning ____________better. c. The babe started ____________ in the heart of the night. | |
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