v-ing is used after these verbs:
admit avoid consider deny fancy finish hate imagine mind love postpone regret risk stop suggest The children admitted taking the sweets.
I considered becoming a singer when I left school.
Do you fancy going to see a movie tonight?
Would you mind opening the window? It's rather hot in here.
He suggested eating out, but I had already prepared dinner at home.
Verbs followed by infinitive
Verb followed by to + infinitive
afford agree arrange attempt claim decide demand deserve expect fail guarantee hesitate hope learn manage neglect offer plan prepare pretend promise refuse seem tend threaten train want would like T: There are some verbs in the text which can be followed by -ing form or infinitive. Next, let's look at exercise 3 on page 37. Now, I'd like you to read the text and classify these verbs.
Ask students to finish activities 4-6
Sample answers to activity 6:
1. I failed to pass the maths examination this Monday and I promised my mother to practise doing a lot of maths exercises this week. I give up playing computer games on evenings and refuse to go outing with my best friend. I decide to avoid