Verbs + -ing or an infinitive Flashcards

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Admit

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Gerund

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Afford

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Infinitive

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Forgive

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Gerund

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Advise

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Gerund

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Agree

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Infinitive

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Keep

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Gerund

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Seem

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Infinitive

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Ask

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Infinitive

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Allow

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Gerund

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Miss

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Gerund

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Wait

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Infinitive

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Celebrate

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Gerund

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Understand

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Gerund

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Hope

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Infinitive

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Want

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Infinitive

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Discuss

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Gerund

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Suggest

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Gerund

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Deserve

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Infinitive

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Wish

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Infinitive

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Dislike

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Gerund

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Enjoy

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Gerund

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Quit

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Gerund

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Practice

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Gerund

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Promise

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Infinitive

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Determine

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Infinitive

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Love

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Gerund and infinitive

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Continue

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Gerund and infinitive

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Hate

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Gerund and infinitive

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Like

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Gerund and infinitive

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Prefer

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Gerund and infinitive

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Start

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Gerund and infinitive

32
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Can’t stand

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Gerund and infinitive

33
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Forget

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Gerund: You don’t have the memory

Infinitive: You forgot something you had to do

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Stop

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Gerund: You stopped a habit

Infinitive: You stopped to do another thing

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Remember

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Gerund: You have the memory of something

Infinitive: You remembered to do something

36
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Go on

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Infinitive: to do something after completing something else

Gerund: to continue doing something or being in a situation

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Mean

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Infinitive: to intend to do something

Gerund: to involve something, to make something necessary, or to make it happen

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Quit

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Infinitive: to leave a job or school permanently to do something else

Gerund: to stop doing something

39
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Regret

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Infinitive: (formal) used to make announcements of bad news.

Gerund: used to talk about mistakes we’ve made and feel bad about

40
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Try

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Infinitive: to attempt to do something

Gerund: to do something you haven’t done before to see if you get the result you want