In fact, English focuses on practicing practical abilities, and grammar, words, and phrases are the foundation. I think you have just arrived in a new environment and are not very accustomed to the teacher's teaching. The learning of English requires a steady flow, reading more, memorizing more, listening more, speaking more, and writing more. Since you think the English teacher is pretty good, I think you will definitely gain something if you study hard according to her method~

If you need to learn sentence patterns, you can refer to the following information. I wish you success!

1. It is customary for the following verbs to take only gerunds as objects: +doing

admit admit dislike dislike finish complete practice give up give up

advise suggest discuss discuss imagine imagine prevent prevent can't helpcan't help

allow allow escape keep keep prohibit

appreciate appreciate enjoy like miss miss report report

avoid avoid exclude forgive mention mention risk risk

consider consider forgive forgive mind mind suggest suggest

delay postpone forbid prohibit pardon forgive understand understand

deny deny fancy imagine permit allow put off postpone

Example:

I advise waiting a few more days. I advise waiting a few more days.

I admit breaking the window. I admit breaking the window.

Try to imagine being on the moon. Try to imagine you are on the moon.

He tried to escape being punished.

You shouldn’t keep thinking about it.

Would you mind going with her?

I can’t understand neglecting children like that. I can’t understand neglecting children like that.

We only missed seeing each other by five minutes.

2. The following verbs usually only take infinitives (not gerunds) as objects: + to do

afford, afford, choose, fail, fail, manage, promise, agree

agree agree decide decide help offer offer refuse

arrange arrange, try demand hesitate hesitate plan plan want

ask ask determine hope hope prepare prepare wish hope

care want expect long long desire pretend pretend

Example sentences:

I can't afford to buy a car. I can't afford to buy a car.

She refused to help me. She refused to help me.

He agreed to come over right away. He agreed to come over right away.

He managed to avoid an accident. He managed to avoid an accident.

The boy decided not to become a sailor. The boy decided not to become a sailor.

He chose not to go abroad until later. He decided not to go abroad until later.

He pretended not to know the facts.

3. The following verbs can be connected to infinitives and gerunds, and the meanings are the same +doing=+to do

like prefer prefer continue continue intend want

love like begin start can't bear can't bear attempt try

hate hate start start bother trouble cease stop

Example:

He likes to sing [singing ]. He likes to sing.

It has started to rain [raining]. It has started to rain.

You needn't bother to come up [coming up].

The baby continued to cry [crying] all night.

Note:

(1) When like, love, hate, prefer are used with would and should, they can only be followed by infinitives:

I 'd like to tell you something. I want to tell you something.

I'd hate to spend Christmas alone. I don't like to spend Christmas alone.

(2) When begin and start themselves are in the continuous tense or are followed by static verbs such as know, realize, understand, etc., the following verbs can only use the infinitive:

He was beginning to cook. He began to cook.

He started to realize that he was wrong.

4. The following verbs can be connected to infinitives and gerunds, but the meanings are different

(1) remember (remember), forget (forget), regret (regret) are followed by indefinite The formula means that the action represented by the infinitive has not yet occurred. If it is followed by a gerund (sometimes the perfect tense can be used), it means that the action represented by the gerund has already occurred. Compare:

Remember to post the letter. Remember to post the letter. ("Posting the letter" did not occur)

I remember posting the letter. I remember posting the letter. ("Sending a letter" has occurred)

He forgot to pay me the money. He forgot to pay me the money. ("Payment" did not occur)

He forgot paying me the money. He forgot to pay me the money. ("paying" happened)

(2) Try is followed by an infinitive to mean trying to do something, and followed by a gerund means trying to do something (to see what effect it has):

Let's try knocking at the back door.

(3) Mean followed by an infinitive means intending (wanting) to do something, and followed by a gerund meaning (wanting) to do something:

He means to be a teacher. He plans to be a teacher.

He did not mean to hurt you.

This illness will mean going to hospital. Having this illness will mean going to hospital.

(4) Stop followed by a gerund means to stop doing something, and followed by an infinitive means to stop what you are doing to do something else:

He stopped speaking, and there was not a sound in the room. He stopped talking and there was no sound in the room.

He stopped to listen, but there was no more sound. He stopped to listen, but there was no more sound.

Note: When followed by an infinitive, the infinitive is not an object, but an adverbial of purpose.

(5) can't help followed by a gerund means that you can't help doing something, and followed by an infinitive means that you can't help do something:

He couldn't help crying when he heard the news. He couldn't help crying when he heard the news.

The medicine can't help to get rid of your cold.

(6) go on followed by an infinitive means to do something else after doing something, and followed by a gerund means to continue doing what you are doing:

You oughtn't to go on living this way. You shouldn't live like this anymore. Go on to do the other exercises after you have finished this one.

Note: Some people think that doing in go on doing sth is the present participle instead of the gerund.

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