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List of Verb Patterns

The document lists different verb patterns that are used in the English language. It provides 4 lists of verbs that follow specific patterns: 1) "verb + infinitive" 2) "verb + object + infinitive" 3) "verb + gerund" and 4) "verb + preposition + gerund". The lists contain over 100 common English verbs that are used based on these grammatical patterns.

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List of Verb Patterns

The document lists different verb patterns that are used in the English language. It provides 4 lists of verbs that follow specific patterns: 1) "verb + infinitive" 2) "verb + object + infinitive" 3) "verb + gerund" and 4) "verb + preposition + gerund". The lists contain over 100 common English verbs that are used based on these grammatical patterns.

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List of verbs that follow the pattern “verb + infinitive”

▪ afford
▪ agree
▪ aim
▪ appear
▪ arrange
▪ attempt
▪ be determined
▪ beg
▪ choose
▪ claim
▪ consent
▪ dare (also without “to”)
▪ decide
▪ demand
▪ deserve
▪ determine
▪ endeavour
▪ expect
▪ fail
▪ guarantee
▪ happen
▪ have
▪ help (also without “to”)
▪ hesitate
▪ hope
▪ learn
▪ long
▪ manage
▪ mean
▪ need (also without “to”)
▪ neglect
▪ offer
▪ ought
▪ plan
▪ prepare
▪ pretend
▪ proceed
▪ promise
▪ refuse
▪ resolve
▪ seem
▪ stop
▪ swear
▪ tend
▪ threaten
▪ volunteer
▪ vow
▪ want
▪ wish
▪ would hate
▪ would like
▪ would love
▪ would prefe

List of verbs that can use the pattern “verb+ obj+


infinitive”:
▪ advise
▪ allow
▪ ask
▪ beg
▪ cause
▪ enable
▪ encourage
▪ expect
▪ forbid
▪ force
▪ get
▪ help
▪ invite
▪ mean
▪ order
▪ permit
▪ persuade
▪ recommend
▪ remind
▪ teach
▪ tell
▪ want
▪ warn
▪ would hate
▪ would like
▪ would love
▪ would prefer

List of verbs that follow the pattern “verb+gerund”


▪ admit
▪ advise
▪ allow
▪ appreciate
▪ avoid
▪ can’t help
▪ can’t stand
▪ consider
▪ delay
▪ deny
▪ dislike
▪ enjoy
▪ escape
▪ fancy
▪ finish
▪ go (e.g. in “go swimming”)
▪ imagine
▪ involve
▪ keep (e.g. in “keep going”)
▪ mention
▪ mind
▪ miss
▪ permit
▪ postpone
▪ practise
▪ reject
▪ resist
▪ risk
▪ stop
▪ suggest
▪ understand
▪ waste time/money

List of verbs that follow the pattern “verb + preposition +


gerund”
▪ accuse of
▪ adjust to
▪ agree with
▪ apologise for
▪ approve of
▪ ask about
▪ ask for
▪ begin by
▪ believe in
▪ be used to
▪ blame for
▪ care for
▪ carry on
▪ complain about
▪ concentrate on
▪ congratulate on
▪ consist of
▪ cope with
▪ decide against
▪ decide for
▪ depend on
▪ die of
▪ dream about/of
▪ escape from
▪ feel like
▪ forgive for
▪ give up
▪ insist on
▪ keep on
▪ look forward to
▪ object to
▪ pay for
▪ prevent sb. from
▪ protect from
▪ put off
▪ rely on
▪ spend money on
▪ spend time on
▪ succeed in
▪ suspect of
▪ take part in
▪ talk about/of
▪ thank for
▪ think of
▪ use for
▪ warn against
▪ worry about

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