englishpage.com Home > Gerunds and Infinitives Tutorial > Part 3 > Verbs + Gerunds OR Infinitives (Different Meaning) Verbs Followed by Gerunds OR Infinitives (Different Meaning) f t g+ p She began singing She began to sing begin When "begin" is used in non She is beginning to sing When "begin" is used in continuous tenses, an infinitive is used continuous tenses, you can either use a gerund or an infinitive She dreaded taking the test Usually "dread" is followed by a dread gerund He dreaded to think of the consequences of his actions "Dread" is sometimes used with infinitives such as "think" or "consider." In the sentence above, "dreaded to think" means "did not want to think." She forgot reading the book when she was a kid forget She forgot to pay the rent this month When forget is used with an infinitive, it When "forget" is used with a means "to forget that you need to do gerund, it means "to forget that something." The sentence above you have done something." The means that she forgot that she needed sentence above means that she to pay the rent read the book when she was a kid, and that she has forgotten that fact http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_or_infinitive_different_list.htm 1/4 She kept talking "Keep" is normally used with a keep The attackers kept hostages to prevent the police from entering gerund to mean that you continue "Keep" can also be used with an object doing an action followed by an infinitive, but then the infinitive takes on the meaning of "in order to ." In the sentence above, the attackers kept hostages in order to prevent the police from entering The house needs cleaning When "need" is used with a need He needs to call his boss. He needs him to call his boss gerund, it takes on a passive "Need" is usually used with an infinitive meaning. The sentence above or an object + an infinitive means "the house needs to be cleaned." I regretted being late to the We regret to inform you that your interview position at the company is being "Regret" is normally used with a regret gerund eliminated "Regret" is sometimes used with infinitives such as "to inform." In the sentence above, "We regret to inform you" means "We wish we did not have to tell you (bad news)." I remember mentioning the He remembered to turn off the lights meeting yesterday before he left When "remember" is used with a When "remember" is used with an remember gerund, it means "to remember that you have done something." infinitive, it means "to remember that you need to do something." The The sentence above means that I sentence above means that he mentioned the meeting, and that I remembered that he needed to turn the remember the fact that I did that lights off http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_or_infinitive_different_list.htm 2/4