Verbs followed by Gerunds or Infinitives

Test - Gerund or infinitive?

want: I don’t want to study grammar.

admit: Mónica admitted changing the time.

hope: We were hoping to avoid traffic by leaving early.

avoid: She avoided looking me in the eye.

consider (think about): I considered staying nothing, but I had to tell her.

mention (say something): She mentioned seeing my brother at a baseball game.

recommend: We recommend studying English every day.

risk: Don’t risk losing your job!

suggest: We suggest visiting blogdelingles.com.

deserve: Everyone deserves to be respected.

expect: I expect to know my exam result by Friday.

learn: I’ve learned not to trust anyone.

deny: I denied breaking the coffee machine.

offer: I offered to help Craig with his new software.

plan: I’m planning to watch a movie tonight.

promise: My friend promised to find the time to help me move.

wait: I can’t wait to start travelling again.

seem: We seem to be at the end of the Facebook Live.

Tips:

Use gerunds after prepositions: I’m interested IN CREATING podcasts.

Use infinitives after many adjectives: It’s DIFFICULT TO SPEAK Spanish.

How LOVELY TO SEE you again!

Gerunds can be used as the subject of a sentence:

LEARNING English can be fun.
JOGGING is good for your health.

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