Verbs with to or -ing

VERB + ING:
Stop enjoy - Fancy - Admit - Consider = Miss finish, Mind, Imagine, Deny, Involve, Postpone, Delay, Suggest, Regret, Avoid, Risk, Practise,Give up, Put off, Keep on, Go on (continue), Carry on, 
E.G. Are you going to give up smoking?

VERB + INFINITIVE:
Agree, Offer, Decide, Appear, Forget, Refuse, Attempt, Plan, Seem learn, Promise, Manage, Arrange, Pretend, Dare, Threaten, Fail, Hope, Afford, Tend
E.G. He dedided to have a taxi home.

VERB+ OBJECT+ INFINITIVE:
Want, Ask, Expect, Help, Mean, Would like, Would prefer.
E. I asked to see the manager or I asked Tomm to help me.

VERB+ OBJECT+ TO+INF ITIVE:
Tell, Remind, Force, Enable, Persuade, Order, Warn, Invite, Teach, Get.



MAKE AND LET : verbs + infinitive sin to.
Hot weather makes me feel uncomfortable.

LIKE, DISLIKE, HATE, ENJOY, CANT BEAR, CANT STAND, LOVE, MIND = ing.

PREPOSITIONS + ING:
Interested in learning
Not very good at learning.
I am fed up with studying ....
Excited about going ....
Of having ...
In spite of feeling ....
Instead of going ......

BEFORE/ AFTER = BOTH, BEFORE GOING OUT.... OR BEFORE I WENT OUT.

WITHOUT = TOM LEFT WITHOUT FINISHING HIS DRINK.

VERB + PREPOSI + ING:
Succeed in, Feel like, Think about/of, Dream of, Approve or dissaprove of, Look forward to, Insist on, Decide against, Apologise for.

VERB + OBJECT +PREPOS+ING.
Accuse, Suspect, Congratulate, Prevent, Stop, Thank, Forgive, Warn.

EXPRESSION WITH ING:
It is no use/ It is no good   Trying to persuade me.
There is no point in ....
It is not worth reading that book.
Have difficulty in finding a place.
A waste of money/time ....
Spend/waste time .....
Go shopping, swimming, skiing, fishing, climbling, sailing ...