a)  After verbs indicating general preference:

  • adore,  love, like, enjoy, mind, hate, dislike, detest,  feel like, fancy

b) After certain verbs:

  • *admit, avoid, *consider, delay, *deny, continue, discuss, finish, *imagine, involve, keep (on), *mention, miss, postpone, practise, propose, *recommend, risk, resist, *suggest

* These verbs can be followed by an infinitive or a that-clause.

c) After prepositions and phrasal verbs:

apologize for
approve of
be accused of
be accustomed to
be angry at/about
be aware of
be blamed for
be charged with
be fond of
be furious at/about
be/get used to
be good at
be interested in
be keen on
be proud of

be surprised at
can’t face
can’t help
can’t stand
carry on
congratulate on
depend on
enquire about
feel like
forgive for
give up
have difficulty(in)
it’s no good
it’s no use
it’s no worth

insist on
look forward to
object to
prevent from
protect from
put off
rely on
stop (from)
suffer from
suffer for
suspect of
there is no point
warn about
what/how about…?

d) As the subject of the sentence:

  • Skiing is my favourite sport.
  • Riding a motorbike is dangerous.
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