Every week we will have a quiz on verbs that require gerunds or infinitives. You need to be able to write sentences using each of the verbs below. Quizzes after the first may include some verbs from previous quizzes, so don't forget what you learned! Also, you will see these on the final exam. The lists below are taken from Focus on Grammar: Advanced (second edition), Appendices 9 - 13 (pp. A-6 through A-7).
The following key will help you. For infinitives that take an object, these rules apply in active voice only. Note that passive voice changes the infinitives:
| G = verbs requiring a gerund | I = verbs requiring an infinitive | IO = verbs requiring an object and infinitive | G, I = verbs taking either a gerund or infinitive |
QUIZ 1
| admit (G) | advise (G, IO) | allow (G, IO) | urge (G, IO) | agree (I) |
| appear (I) | ask (I, IO) | learn (I) | continue (G, I) | feel like (G) |
| miss (G) | finish (G) | decide (I) | seem (I) | deserve (I) |
QUIZ 2
| anticipate (G) | attempt (I, G) | need (I) | recommend (G) | encourage (IO) |
| understand (G) | suggest (G) | choose (I) | agree (I) | consider (G) |
| love (G, I) | force (IO) | hope (I) | prepare (I) | prefer (G, I) |
QUIZ 3
| avoid (G) | deny (G) | fail (I) | promise (I) | convince (IO) |
| expect (I, IO)) | begin (G, I) | hire (IO) | finish (G) | manage (I) |
| dislike (G) | request (I) | hurry (I) | permit (G, IO) | threaten (I) |
QUIZ 4
| delay (G) | can/can't afford (I) | refuse (I) | volunteer (I) | mention (G) |
| be worth (G) | enjoy (G) | forbid (IO) | offer (I) | imagine (G) |
| explain (G) | put off (G) | risk (G) | hesitate (I) | mean (=intend) (I) |
QUIZ 5
| want (I, IO) | appear (I) | forgive (G) | give up (=stop) (G) | recall (G) |
| regret (G, I) | persuade (IO) | pay (I, IO) | postpone (G) | say (I) |
| omit (G) | wish (I) | remind (IO) | turn out (I) | need (I, IO) |
QUIZ 6
| practice (G) | report (G) | require (IO) | would like (I) | can/can't wait (I) |
| resent (G) | teach (IO) | wait (I) | prevent (G) | mind (=object to) (G) |
| hate (G, I) | warn (IO) | resume (G) | keep/keep on (=continue) (G) |
QUIZ 7
| order (IO) | resist (G) | consent (I) | care (I) | can't stand (G, I) |
| cause (IO) | like (G, I) | discuss (G) | tend (I) | dare (I, IO) |
| appreciate (G) | propose (G, I) | tolerate (G) | get (I) |
QUIZ 8
| celebrate (G) | arrange (I) | necessitate (G) | tell (IO) | invite (IO) |
| detest (G) | demand (I) | hate (G, I) | claim (I) | start (G, I) |
| pretend (I) | can't help (G) | deserve (I) | struggle (I) | picture (G) |