-ing forms: after prepositions, including prepositions after certain adjectives (commited to); nouns/noun phrases (in addition to); verb/verbs and object combinations (admire someone for), follow many verbs: involve, imagine, suggest, bother, follow phrasal verbs: end up, put off, give up, follow time linkers: before, since, upon, until, while, Subject/object of a sentence, functioning as a noun (gerund), Functions as an adjective (participle), Infinitive with to: after certain verbs/verb phrases: arrange, manage, fail, want someone, After adjectives, After nouns/noun phrases: a (long) way, (there's) no need, (our) goal is, After too+adjective/quantifier: It's too heavy, too much, To express purpose, -ing form OR infinitive with to: After some verbs (with difference in meaning): remember, try, forget, need, regret, After some verbs (with little to no difference in meaning): start, begin, like, We use perfect infinitive or -ing form to emphasise the order of activities: 1) I would love to have met Salvador Dali; 2) Having heard of the place before, I immediately turned around and left.,

Verb Patterns (C1-C2)

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