VERBS AS COMPLEMENTS
a) Verbs that use the Ing form.
GERUND (VERB-ING)
VERB+
delay miss regret risk
admit
appreciate deny postpone report suggest
avoid enjoy practice resent
can’t help finish quit resist
consider mind recall resume
VERB+ GERUND+ COMPLEMENT+ MODIFIER
SUBJECT+
I enjoyed studying English at School.
b) Verbs that use the infinitive form.
INFINITIVE (TO VERB)
VERB+
expect intend prepare try
agree
attempt fail learn pretend want
claim forget mean propose wish
decide have need refuse
demand hesitate offer seem
desire hope plan tend
I decided to refuse the invitation.
c) Sentences that don’t change meaning using Gerund or Infinitive
GERUND (VERB-ING)
VERB+
or
INFINITIVE (TO VERB)
VERB+
continue
begin
like prefer
can’t stand start
love hate
d) Sentences that have different meaning
GERUND (VERB-ING)
VERB+
or
INFINITIVE (TO VERB)
VERB+
Stop
Remember
Forget
e) Sentences that the require the ING form with Prepositions
PREPOSITION+ VERB-ING
VERB+
EXCEPTION: But, except.
Prepositions:
from in view of thanks to
as a result of
at in of through
because of in exchange for on account of with
by means of in return for on the strength of without
by virtue of in spite of out of
for fear of in the face of owing to
for lack of in the light of
for want of
He hid the wallet, for fear of being stolen.
f) Sentences that require the infinitive form with adjetives
INFINITIVE
ADJECTIVES +
dangerous good ready
able
anxious difficult hard strange
boring eager pleased usual
common easy prepared
ADJECTIVE+ TO VERB
VERB+
I’m pleased to meet you
It’s difficult to understand some people.
g) Pronoun before the Infinitive
VERB+ PRONOUN+ TO VERB
SUBJECT+
Convince Invite Persuade Remind
Allow
Expect Order Prepare Urge
Ask
Instruct Permit Promise Want
Beg
Object pronoun:
ME, YOU, HIM, HER, IT, US, YOU, THEM.
He orders her to study for the test.
h) Verb -Ing plus possessive form
VERB+ POSSESSIVE FORM+ VERB-ING
SUBJECT+
Possessive form:
MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, ITS, YOURS, OURS, THEM, MY, YOU , HIS HER,
ITS, YOURS, THEIR.
I understand her feeling.
i) Need
NEED+ INFINITIVE
LIVING THING+
NEED+ GERUND (ING)
THING+ TO BE+ PAST PARTICIPLE
NON COUNT OR UNCOUNTABLE
COUNT MONEY, SUGAR, FOOD
PENCIL, BOOK, ORANGE, PEOPLE
A, THE, SOME, ANY, THE, SOME, ANY
THAT, THOSE, THIS, THESE, THIS, THAT (ONLY SINGULAR)
NONE, ONE, TWO, THREE,….. NONE
MANY MUCH
A LOT OF A LOT OF
A LARGE NUMBER OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF
FEWER… THAN LESS…. THAN
MORE…. THAN MORE… THAN
(A) FEW (A) LITTLE
j) Subjunctives
VERBS WITH THAT:
Demand Move Recommend Stipulate
Advice
Desire Order Request Suggest
Ask
Insist Prefer Require Urge
Command
Decree
VERB+ THAT+ SUBJECT+ VERB WORD ….+
SUBJECT+ +
Joe prefers that she speak with him personally.
NOUNS WITH THAT:
Recommendation
Requirement
Suggestion
ADJECTIVES WITH THAT
Mandatory Proposed Suggested
Advised
Necessary Recommended Urgent
Imperative
Obligatory Require
Important
I
BE+ ADJECTIVE+ THAT+ SUBJECT+ VERB WORD
IT+
Grammar Basics Problems with Verbs English for Dummies Home
1. Verbs That Require an Infinitive or –Ing Form in
What is Grammar? What is Grammar Blog
the Complement
Formal Grammar 2. Participles Links Directory
Parts of Speech 3. Necessity, Usually For Repair Or Improvement
(need) Submit your link
Nouns
Verbs 4. Ability (know) Contact Us
Adjectives 5. Past Custom (used to)
Adverbs 6. Logical Conclusions (must have, must be)
Conjunctions 7. Advisability (had better)
8. Question Forms for Invitation and Customs
Function Words (would)
Auxiliaries 9. Preference (would rather)
Prepositions (English Compound Prepositions List, 10. Unfulfilled Desires in The Past (had hoped)
Exercises and Examples) 11. Conditions (will, can, may must, would, could,
Qualifiers might, should)
Connectives 12. Desires (wish that)
Subordinators 13. Contrary to Fact Statements (If were, wish that)
Question words 14. Subjunctives (advise, desire, etc)
Isolated Function Words 15. Impersonal Expressions (essential, necessary,
Substitutes For Parts Of Speech suggested, etc)
16. Causatives (have, let, make, let)
Basic Elements of the Sentence 17. Tag Questions
Types of Subject 18. More Tag Questions
Types of Verbs 19. More Tag Questions
Types of Complements 20. Affirmative Agreement (and so we were)
21. Negative Agreement (and neither am I)
Subordinate Elements of the Sentence
22. Negative Imperatives (please don’t)
The Subject and its Modifiers
The Verb and its Modifiers
The Complement and its Modifiers Problems with Pronouns
Sentence Patterns
Verbals
Simple Sentence
Compound Sentence Verbs As Complements
Complex Sentence
English Verbs
Tense Forms and Usage Irregular Verbs
Simple Verb Phrase Regular Verbs
Perfect Verb Phrase Two-Word Verbs
Future Verb Phrase. (Will and Shall)
Progressive Verb Phrase
Comparison of Past Tense and Present Perfect Tense
Conditional Patterns
Subjunctive Patterns
Variety in Sentence Structure
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