Forget + -ing form = not recall
Remember + inf = not forget
Remember + -ing form = recall
Go on + inf = then
Go on + -ing form = continue
Mean + inf = intend to
Mean + -ing form = involve
Regret + inf = be sorry to
Regret + -ing form = feel sorry about
Try + inf = attempt, do one’s best
Try + -ing form = do smth as an experiment
Stop + inf = stop briefly to do smth else
Stop + -ing form = finish, give up
Be sorry + inf = apologise for a present action
Be sorry for + -ing form = apologise for an earlier action
Like + inf = think that smth is good or right to do
Like + -ing form = enjoy (general preference)
Would like + inf = want (specific preference)
Be afraid of + ing form = the subject is afraid that what is described by the –ing form may happen
Read and translate the following sentences. Pay attention to translation of the sentences with gerund or infinitive. They stopped talking when he came in.
She stopped to exchange a few words with her doctor.
