Verbs followed by the - ing forms and infinitives by Mila Khabirova

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the way you feel is right.
1. I want ________

(break) free.
2. When I’m home everything seems ________ (be) right.
3. ‘Cause all of the stars, are fading away, just try ________ (not worry) you’ll see them some day. Take what you need and be on your way and stop ________ (cry) your heart out.
4. Listen do you want _________ (know) a secret? Do you promise ___________ (not/tell)? Closer let me whisper in your ear say the words you long _________ (hear) I’m in love with you.
5. I can’t help _________ (fall) in love with you.
6. Keep _________ (roll).
7. Take my strong advice and remember _________ always_________ (think) twice.
8. Make my way back home when I learn _________ (fly).
9. But how can you complain, if it’s the way it’s meant _________ (be)
10. I tried my best _________ (feed) her appetite, keep her __________(come) every night, so hard to keep her satisfied. Kept __________(play) love like it was just a game, pretending _________ (feel) the same. Then turn around and leave again.

the way you feel is right.
1. I want to

break free.
2. When I’m home everything seems to be right.
3. ‘Cause all of the stars, are fading away, just try to not worry you’ll see them some day. Take what you need and be on your way and stop crying your heart out.
4. Listen do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell? Closer let me whisper in your ear say the words you long to hear I’m in love with you.
5. I can’t help falling in love with you.
6. Keep rolling.
7. Take my strong advice and remember always to think twice.
8. Make my way back home when I learn to fly.
9. But how can you complain, if it’s the way it’s meant to be
10. I tried my best to feed her appetite, keep her coming every night, so hard to keep her satisfied. Kept playing love like it was just a game, pretending to feel the same. Then turn around and leave again.

they served the most delicious coffee he had ever tasted.

b) He stopped drinking coffee because it upset his stomach.


finish, give up
stop briefly to do something else

a newspaper.

b) I’ll never forget travelling by plane for

the first time.


not remember
not recall

I remember talking to him before.


not forget
recall

the test.

b) He regretted offending her.


feel sorry about something
2)

be sorry because you will have to say something unpleasant and not nice

work is not up to the standard.
b) I am

sorry for telling her the truth.


apologize for a present action
2) apologize for an earlier action

it bites him.
b) He is afraid of having a

dog. It’s too much of responsibility for him.

having fear that something will happen
2) not willing to do something

the product.
b) She went on presenting the product till

11 o’clock.

continue
2) then do something

wants to do it, even if it means sacrificing many

things she loves.

intend
involve

side of the road.
b) If you can’t go to

sleep, try drinking some milk.

do as an experiment
attempt, do one’s best

I get them.
b) Tom likes meeting new people.
c)

I would like to see it with my own eyes.

enjoy
prefer this time
do something because it is the right and correct way to do it

am beginning to understand.
They continued discussing/ to discuss their plans.

in passive

He advised us to book in advance.
We were advised

to book in advance.

2) – ing form when there is not object.

He advised booking in advance.

to break free.
I need to relax.

2) – ing form

with a passive meaning = something must be improved (or passive infinitive)

The carpet needs hoovering.
The carpet needs to be hoovered.