Справочная таблица "Infinitive vs Ing-form

to + infinitive

infinitive

ing-form

Subject of the sentence

Verbs + to + infinitive

Afford agree aim arrange begin decide deserve expect fail hope intend learn manage need offer plan pretend promise refuse seem start threaten want ask explain

Modal verbs + infinitive

can (could)

may (might)

must should need dare

Verbs + ing-forms

Admit avoid appreciate can’t stand consider continue deny don’t mind escape fancy feel finish imagine involve keep (on) look forward to mention miss practice regret resist suggest understand quit can’t help spend waste lose go prevent

would like to used to (бывало)

have (had) ought to

to be made be heard be seen

let make help

General preference

like dislike adore enjoy

love hate prefer

too/enough + to+ infinitive

purpose (цель)

be first(second, next) to

see hear feel watch notice+ obj+ inf (законч)

see hear feel

notice watch +object+V ing-form (незаконченное действие)

nouns ability agreement

aim ambition anxiety

arrangement attempt

choice decision demand

desire determination

eagerness failure

intention need offer

opportunity plan preparations

promise proposal refusal

reluctance request time

willingness wish honour

goal way

had better would rather

After nouns with prepositions

advantage of/in aim of/in amazement at

anger about/at annoyance about/at worry about

anxiety about/over apology for awareness of

belief in boredom of chance of danger of/in

difficulty in/of/with dream of effect of

excitement about/at/of expense of/in fear of

gratitude for hope of idea about/for/of work of

insistence on intention of interest in task of

job of matter of objection to thought of

opportunity for/of pleasure of/in point of/in

possibility of problem of/in purpose of/in

prospect of question about/of reason for

satisfaction of/with success in surprise at

After adjectives (emotions , willingness) happy glad sad

moving eager reluctant willing

(character) clever kind

it’s kind of sb to

so kind as to

lucky fortunate

(un)usual for sb to

After adjectives with prepositions

afraid of amazed at annoyed about/at

angry about/at anxious about ashamed of

aware of awful about/at bad at bored with

brilliant at/for capable of content with

clever at dependent on/upon different from/to

disappointed about/at famous for fond of

excited about/at fed up with sick of

frightened of good at/for guilty about/of

grateful for happy about/with hopeless at

interested in involved in nervous about/of

keen on pleased about/at/with ready for tired of

proud of satisfied with responsible for scared of

sorry for/about successful at/in surprised at

terrible at/for terrified of wrong about worried about

expressions

to tell you the truth,

to be honest, to sum up,

to begin with

expressions be (get) used to be busy it’s no use

it’s no good it’s (not) worth what’s the use of

how about there’s no point (in) have trouble

have difficulty (in)