Decide Forget Hope Learn Need Offer Plan Pretend Promise Remember Start Try Want Would like

1.Infinitive is used after some verbs.

Decide

Forget

Hope

Learn

Need

Offer

Plan

Pretend

Promise

Remember

Start

Try

Want

Would like

1.Gerund is used after some verbs.

Enjoy

Finish

Go on(continue)

Hate

Like

Love

Don’t mind

Spend (time)

Start

Stop

Feel like

2.Infinitive is used after adjectives.

It is nice to meet you.

It is important to study every day.

I am happy to hear good news.

2.Gerund is used after prepositions.

My friend is good at playing chess.

Students are afraid of failing their exams.

He apologized for being late.

3. Infinitive is used after question words.

Somebody should teach you how to behave.

I don’t know what to do.

Please tell me how to get more points.

3. Gerund is used as a subject or object of a sentence.

Smoking is injurious to health.

Cheating in test is a horrid sin.

Travelling makes me happy.

Happiness is making soup out of nothing.

4. Infinitive is used as a purpose, to explain the reason of why we do something.

I studied hard to get a good mark

I am studying English to get a good job.

We shouted to warn everyone about the danger.