English GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
56. Verb + ing or to … 1 (remember/ regret etc.)
| A | Some verbs are followed by -ing and some are followed by to ... | Verbs normally followed by -ing : | Verbs usually followed past to ... : | | admit avoid consider deny enjoy | fancy finish imagine keep (on) mind | postpone adventure stop suggest | For examples, see Unit 53. | | afford agree arrange decide deserve | fail forget hope learn manage | offering plan promise refuse threaten | For examples, come across Unit of measurement 54. | |
| B | Some verbs can be followed past -ing or to ... with a divergence of pregnant: remember | I remember doing something= I did it and now I remember this. You remember doing something subsequently you have done it. · I know I locked the door. I clearly recall locking it. (=I locked it, and now I call up this) · He could remember driving forth the road just before the accident, but he couldn't recall the accident itself. | I remembered to do something= I remembered that I had to do it, so I did information technology. You remember to exercise something before you do information technology. · I remembered to lock the door, but I forgot to shut the windows. (= I remembered that I had to lock it, and so I locked information technology) · I must remember to pay the electricity neb. (= I must not forget to pay information technology) | regret | I regret doing something= I did information technology and at present I'm sorry about it: · I now regret proverb what I said. I shouldn't take said information technology. · Do you regret not going to college? | I regret to say /to tell you / to inform you = I'grand sorry that I take to say (etc.): · (from a formal letter) We regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful. | go on | Go on doing something = continue with the same matter: · The president paused for a moment and and then went on talking . · We need to modify. We can't get on living like this. | Get on to do something = practice or say something new: · Afterward discussing the economy, the president then went on to talk about strange policy. | |
| C | The following verbs can be followed past -ing or to .. . with no difference of meaning: | begin | showtime | continue | intend | bother | And so you tin say: · It started raining . or It started to rain . · Andy intends buying a house. or Andy intends to purchase ... · Don't bother locking the door. or Don't bother to lock ... Just normally nosotros do not use -ing after -ing : · It's starting to pelting . (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) | | two | I don't savor ___________very much. (drive) | | 3 | I tin can't afford _________ out tonight. I don't have enough money. (go) | | 4 | Has it stopped ________________ yet? (pelting) | | five | We were unlucky to lose the game. We deserved _____________(win) | | six | Why do you keep __________ me questions? Tin't yous leave me alone? (ask) | | 7 | Please stop __________ me questions! (ask) | | 8 | I decline ________________ any more than questions. (respond) | | 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 mind ____________ lone, but information technology's amend to exist with other people. (be) | | 12 | The wall was quite high, just I managed ____________ over information technology. (climb) | | 13 | 'Does Sarah know near the coming together?' 'No, I forgot ____________ her.' (tell) | | 14 | I've enjoyed ___________to y'all. I hope ____________ you again before long. (talk, see) | |
| 56.2 | Tom can call back some things most his babyhood, merely he tin't remember others. Complete the sentences. | one | He was in infirmary when he was a small child. He can nevertheless remember this. ___ He can recollect being in hospital _____ when he was a small child. | | 2 | He went to Paris with his parents when he was 8. He remembers this. He remembers _____________ with his parents when he was eight. | | 3 | He cried on his first day at school. He doesn't remember this. He doesn't _____________ on his offset day at school. | | 4 | Once he fell into the river. He tin can recollect this. He _____________. | | 5 | He said he wanted to be a doc. He can't remember this. _________________ to be a medico. | | vi | 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 form, -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 you sure? I don't retrieve ________ y'all any money. c. A: Did you remember ________ your sis? B: Oh no, I completely forgot. I'll telephone her tomorrow. d. When yous run across Steve, remember ________ hello to him from me. eastward. Someone must take taken my bag. I clearly remember __________ it past the window and at present it has gone. | | 2 | a. I believe that what I said was correct. I don't regret ____________ it. b. I knew they were in trouble, but I regret ___________ I did zilch to help them. c. It started to get cold, and he regretted not _____________ his coat. | | 3 | a. Ben joined the company nine years ago. He became assistant manager afterward two years, and a few years later he went on _________ director of the company. b. I can't go on _________ here any more than. I want a different chore. c. When I came into the room, Lisa was reading a paper. She looked upward and said hello, and so went on ____________ her paper. | | iv | a. If the company continues _________ money, the factory may be closed. b. Julia has been ill, just now she's beginning ____________better. c. The babe started ____________ in the middle of the night. | |
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