| Try to do (make an attempt/ make an effort) | Many people try to lead a healthy lifestyle. |
| Try doing (make an experiment to find out if a new method is helpful) | To lose weight he tried jogging.
|
| Regret to do (feel sorry about having to say something negative) | I regret to inform you that you’re fired.
|
| Regret doing (feel sorry about something that has been already done) | I regret saying those hurtful words!
|
| Remember to do (remember what should be done) | He always remembers to pay his rent on time. |
| Remember doing (remember what has occurred) | He remembers paying the rent last week. |
| Forget to do (the action doesn’t take place because of forgetting) | I forgot to buy milk. (I didn’t buy it.)
|
| Forger doing (the action took place but you forgot) | I forgot buying milk. (I bought milk again.) |
| Stop to do (stop for the purpose of fulfilling a task) | He stopped to buy some water.
|
| Stop doing (interrupt an action in progress) | He stopped eating sweets because of a toothache. |
| Mean to do (have an intention to do something) | I meant to join a gym. |
| Mean doing (involve doing something) Used only with an impersonal subject | Keeping fit would mean working out in the gym. |
| Go on doing (continue doing the same thing) | He went on Playing in a rock band although his parents didn’t like it. |
| Go on to do (finish doing smth and pass over to smth different) | In spite of being a prosperous stock-broker Strickland went on to study art. |
| To be afraid to do (not to have courage to do smth) | I am afraid to ask for promotion. |
| To be afraid of doing (to be afraid that what is expressed by gerund may happen) | I am afraid of being fired.
|
| To be ashamed to do (to feel ashamed because of smth that has to be done) | I am ashamed to borrow money.
|
| To be ashamed of doing (to feel ashamed because of smth that has already been done) | I am ashamed of being late again.
|
I forgot (lock) the door but luckily, no one broke in.
Jack forgot (lock) the door and had to rush back home.
I remember (skate) for the first time. I kept (fall) down.
Visitors to Japan should remember (look) right first before crossing the road.
The interviewer without looking at me said, “I regret (inform) you that you don’t suit our requirements”.
His parents were sure that later he would regret (leave) school at 16 and insisted (he, stay) on for two years more.
On the way back we stopped (have) a meal at a small café in Oxford street.
To cut down on our expenses we stopped (eat) out.
Moving abroad means (get) accustomed to a new lifestyle.
I didn’t mean (keep) it secret, just waited for a suitable moment.
Try (walk) to work instead of jogging early in the morning.
It was pouring but children went (play) in the garden.
Let’s go (discuss) the last item on the agenda.
I’m ashamed (confess) that I’m a workaholic.
I’m ashamed (betray) my friend but I can’t change anything!
He’s afraid (propose) to Mary because he’s afraid (reject).
When will my parents stop (treat) me as a child?
Я помню, что уже задавала вам эту работу, но не помню, чтобы вы ее сдали.
Остановись перевести дух, продолжишь свой рассказ позже.
Получив степень бакалавра, он поступил в магистратуру.
Подготовка к экзамену подразумевает упорный труд на протяжении всего семестра.
С сожалением должен сообщить, что ваша кандидатура нам не подходит.
Я сожалею, что поверил его обещаниям.
Мне страшно возвращаться домой одной в темноте; я боюсь, что меня ограбят.
Ему было стыдно списывать у одноклассника, но другого выхода не было.
Ему должно быть стыдно, что он снова провалился на экзамене.
Он продолжал спорить с собеседником, хотя серьезных аргументов он так и не смог представить.
12 944
3 490 
