1. Infinitive/-ing formsB1

2. ‘When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.’ Joyce Meyer ‘You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.’ Abraham Lincoln

3. ‘I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork
‘I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork.’ Peter de Vries ‘Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.’ Don Marquis

4. ‘Man is born to live, not to prepare for life
‘Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.’ Boris Pasternak, Dr Zhivago ‘I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.’ Rodney Dangerfield

5. -ing forms After 1)prepositions: in, on, from, for, etc. except for to
But: look forward to, be/get used to, object to, in addition to, admit to + ing form
2) conjunctions: before, after, when, while, despite, since
You will achieve nothing by being rude.
After losing some weight he felt much better.

6. Used as a noun to express the name of activity
Smoking is considered a health hazard.
Shopping and trying clothes on is not quite his cup of tea.

7. After certain verbs:
I enjoy watching old black-and-white films.
Do you fancy going out tonight?
Imagine winning a million pounds.
She can’t stand waking up early.
You should avoid walking alone at night.

8. After love,like,enjoy,prefer, don’t mind dislike,hate to express general preference
Alison enjoys gardening very much.
Mary doesn’t mind going there alone.
I hate watching action films.

9. After certain expressions
can’t help, be busy, it’s no use, it’s (not) worth
I can’t help thinking about this all the time.
John was busy writing an essay.
It’s no use complaining about it now.
The film is worth seeing.

10. After to in rare cases.
look forward to, be/get used to
Children look forward to making a snowman.
Martin will never get used to waking up early.

11. to + infinitive To explain the purpose of something
I came here to study. (in order to study)

12. After would like/would love/would prefer
She would prefer to take a rest now.
She’d like to say a word.

13. After certain verbs
She decided to take a day off.
Tom failed to prove his case.
After certain verbs + object
Jane advised her sister to give up the plan.
The teacher reminded us to revise for the test.

14. In the structures with too + adjective/adverb
too late/early/tired/ etc.
I’m too tired to work now.
This task is too difficult to do for us.
It’s too good to be true.

15. Infinitive without to After modal verbs Peter can play the piano
After the verbs let and make (= force)
My father let me stay out late yesterday.
He made me tell the truth.

16. After had better and would rather
You’d better stop eating junk food.
I’d rather go there on my own.

17. Both to and –ing with no change in the meaning
Verbs like
begin,start,continue,love,
She began to play/playing the violin at age 4.
I really must start to save/saving money
They continued to debate/debating.
I love to discuss /discussing things with my friends.

18. Both to and –ing forms with different meanings
Remember, forget, regret + ing form
looking back at things that have happened
I remember walking on the streets of Rome last summer.
She’ll never forget winning her first medal.
Tom regrets hurting your feelings.

19. Remember, forget, regret + to infinitive
refers to an action after the moment of remembering or forgetting
Did you remember to call him on his birthday?
I forgot to tell him the news. (I didn’t do it)
Regret to do sth. – usually to announce bad news
We regret to inform you that your application has not been accepted.

20. Stop + ing
finish an action
When he saw me, he stopped talking.
Stop + to infinitive
pause in order to do sth.
He stopped to have a look at the map.

21. Try + ing
have a go, experiment
If you can’t sleep, try counting sheep.
Try + to infinitive
go through some effort
Mary tried to help him, but it was pointless.

22. go on + ing
continue doing the same thing
He went on talking for hours
go on + to do
to continue with sth different
At first the professor explained the theory then he went on to show how it works in practice.

23. mean + ing
to have the meaning
The new job means spending more time in the office.
mean + to do
want to
I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings

24. come + ing
to move in a certain way
The children came running.
come + to do
gradually start to do sth.
We didn’t get along at first but over the years I’ve come to appreciate him.

25. Smb used to do sth Only has past simple tense
When I was a child I used to go to the kindergarten.
She didn’t use to like opera but now she does.
Did you use to make your Christmas presents yourself?
Where did you use to spend your summer holidays?

26. Be/ get used to doing sth
Has all kinds of tenses
I am not used to working with so many people in the room.
You have got to get used to walking to school.
Also used with modal verbs
You must get used to taking others into consideration as well.