Verbs Followed by an Infinitive
She agreed to speak before the game.
agree
care
dislike
hurry
offer
remember
use
aim
choose
expect
intend
ought
say
wait
appear
condescend fail
leap
plan
shoot
want
arrange
consent
forget
leave
prefer
start
wish
ask
continue
get
like
prepare
stop
attempt
dare
happen
long
proceed
strive
be able
decide
have
love
promise
swear
beg
deserve
hesitate
mean
propose
threaten
begin
detest
hope
neglect
refuse
try
Verbs Followed by an Object and an Infinitive
Everyone expected her to win.
advise
buy
encourage instruct
love
prepare
tell
allow
challenge
expect
invite
motivate
promise
urge
ask
choose
forbid
lead
order
remind
want
beg
command
force
leave
pay
require
warn
bring
dare
have
let
permit
send
build
direct
hire
like
persuade
teach
Note: Some of these verbs are included in the list above and may be used without an
object.
Verbs Followed by a Gerund
They enjoyed working on the boat.
admit
delay
finish
advise
deny
forbid
permit
postpone
resist
resume
appreciate
detest
get through practice
risk
avoid
dislike
have
quit
can't help
enjoy
imagine
recall
spend
(time)
suggest
complete
escape
mind
report
tolerate
consider
excuse
miss
resent
waste
(time)
Verbs Followed by a Preposition and a Gerund
We concentrated on doing well.
admit to
complain
about
discourage
from
object to
talk
about
approve of
concentrate
on
dream
about
plan on
think
about
argue about confess to
feel like
prevent
(someone)
from
worry
about
believe in
depend on
forget
about
refrain from
care about
disapprove
of
insist on
succeed in
NOUNS and PREPOSITIONS
approval of
desire for
interest in
respect for
awareness of
fondness for
love of
success in
belief in
grasp of
need for
understanding of
concern for
hatred of
participation in
confusion
about
hope for
reason for
ADJECTIVES and PREPOSITIONS
accustomed to dependent on
guilty of
ralated to
afraid of
different to
happy about
satisfied with
angry at
enthusiastic
about
interested in
similar to
attached to
excited about
jealous of
sorry for
aware of
familiar with
made of
sure of
capable of
famous for
married to
tired of
careless about
fond of
proud of
worried about
VERBS and PREPOSITIONS
absorb in
care for / about
decide on / against
excuse smb for smt
add to
choose between
dedicate to
exchange smt for smt
adjust to
comment on
charge smb for smt
exclude smt from smt
admit to
communicate with
convince smb of smt explain smt to smb
agree with
compare with / to
depend on
face with
apply for
compete with
disagree with
feel like /feel about
appeal to
complain about
disapprove of
fight against/with/for
argue with /
argue about
concern about / with discuss with
forget about
arrange for
concentrate on
devote to
forgive someone for
something
arrive in / at
confess to
dream of / about
guess at
apologize for
confuse with
dress in
get married to
approve of
congratulate on
drink to
get rid of
ask for
consist of
demand smt from
smb
get tired of
beg for
contribute to
begin with
cope with
benefit from
correspond with
distract smb from
smt
hope of / for
believe in
count on
elaborate on
help smb with smt
belong to
cover with
emerge from
insist on
borrow from
crash into
escape from
interfere with / in
distinguish smb/smt
from/between
smb/smt
hear of / about
hide from
blame smb for
smt blame smt on charge smb with smt experiment on
smb
invest in
joke about
punish smb for smb
speak to
vote for
know about
quarrel about smt /
quarrel with smb
stand for
wait for
laugh at/about
react against / to
stare at
wonder at
listen to
recover from
subscribe to
work on
lend smt to smb
rely on
substitute for
worry about
meet with
reply to
succeed in
write to / about
mistake for
resign from
suffer from
warn smb
about/against
object to
respond to
save smb from smt
participate in
result in
share smt with smb
pay for
retire from
suspect smb of smt
pray for
room for
talk to smb /talk
about smt
prepare for
remind smb of smt
think of/about
prohibit from
rob smb of smt
turn to
praise smb for
smt
search for
tell smb about smt
present smb with
smt
see to
thank smb for smt
prevent smb from
shout at
smt
provide smb with
smt /provide smt
for smb
translate smt into
smt
smile at
trust smb with smt
specialize in
use for