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Catenative Verbs

Grammar I

QuestionAnswer
Admit Admit+ING I admitted being head over heels in love with my best friend.
Agree Agree + TO My roomy agreed to have dinner with me
Tolerate Tolerate + ING I don't tolerate being teased about my hair.
Can't help Can't help + ING I can't help feeling that there has been a mistake in the exam
Ask Ask + TO She asked to come with her friends but they didn't accept her.
Keep Keep + ING She has kept studying this week because she has had three exams
Anticipate Anticipate + ING I anticipate putting on weight because I won't have enough time to do exercise. Therefore, I'm going to buy some fruits and vegetables to eat light food.
advise Advise + ING My father advise doing exercise and working hard
Recommend Recommend + ING The doctor recommended staying at home to avoid the low temperatures.
Proceed Proceed + TO I was given a sheet of white paper and proceeded to write an essay about the advantages of going camping.
Evade Evade + ING I evaded being asked about the exam because I hadn´t pass it.
Hesitate Hesitate + TO (siempre en negativo) Don't hesitate to contact me if you need help
Avoid Avoid + ING I avoid passing through the park at night because it may be dangerous
Delay Delay + ING Mario is a business man who never delays paying the bills
Quit Quit + ING She quit smoking
Shirk Shirk + ING A good translator should never shirk checking Fundeu's website and the dictionary
Discuss Discuss + ING We discussed travelling to hot-spot together when we finish doing the exams.
Beg Beg + TO I begged to go dinner on Saturday's night
Mind Mind + ING Would you mind helping me with my homework?
Appreciate Appreciate + ING I appreciated sharing an unforgettable moment with my friends.
Finish Finish + ING I will have finished studied catenative verbs by the end of the day
Arrange Arrange + TO I arranged to have mates with a strange guy via WhatsApp
Struggle Struggle + TO She's struggling to bring up a family alone
Miss Miss + ING She has missed living in the country since she moved in the Big Apple
Complete Complete + ING I completed studying the catenative verbs on Sunday
Claim Claim + TO My aunt Mariel claimed to have seen the fairies
Proceed After telling Sandra my worries, she proceeded to give me her pieces of advice.
Manage Manage + TO She manages to study two university course
Consent Consent + TO She rarely consents to do interviews
Refuse Refuse + TO They refused to work extra because he don't receive the extra pays
Recollect Recollect + ING She couldn't recollect arranging a meeting with committee
Expect Expect + TO She expects to win the essay contest
Detest Detest + ING I detest travelling by bus as buses are always dirty.
Learn Learn + TO I'm learning to cook lasagna
Afford Afford + TO He couldn't afford to buy that car
Consider Consider + ING I will consider attending her lecture
Recall Recall + ING I don't recall seeing any car parked outside
Suggest Suggest + ING I suggested going over the theory before doing the activities
Deny Deny + ING Two men have denied murdering a woman at a remote picnic spot
Defer Defer + ING The committee deferred taking the decision about change the next year's program
Appear Appear + TO She appears to be worried as she is biting her nails
Risk Risk + ING Even though he had little money, he risked losing his money by playing the lottery
Fail Fail + TO Peter failed to arrive in time
Long Long + TO She longs to visit Europe
Dislike Dislike + ING Sandra dislikes washing plates
Resist Resist + ING She resisted telling him she was pregnant
Resent Resent + ING I resent having to work such long hours
Volunteer Volunteer + TO She volunteered to teach how to play piano to his younger brother
Want Want + TO She wants to buy much clothes
Decide Decide + TO She decided to go on a diet to work as a model
Pretend Pretend + TO She pretends to be asleep when her dad came at home
Demand Demand + TO She demanded to be given more money for crime
Offer Offer + TO We offered to help him to fix his car but he didn't accept our help
Deserve Deserve + TO He didn't deserve to win the contest because he cheated
Practise Practise + ING He practises playing basketball al day
Wish Wish + TO She wishes to marry him
Threaten Threaten + TO He threatened to take them to the court if he was not paid before Wednesday
Promise Promise + TO She promise to behave himself at the church
Endure Endure + ING She doesn't endure being refused by him
Plan Plan + TO She plans to work in summer holidays to visit Europe afterwards
Entail Entail + ING Translation entails studying grammar, investigating new terms and keying in all day
Care Care + TO I don't care to miss the film
Prepare Prepare + TO She prepared to have an interview with Mrs. Edwards
Postpone Postpone + ING We postponed meeting with Marta because I had to study a lot
Envisage Envisage + ING I don't envisage working with him again
Seem Seem + TO She seems to be an honest person
Wait Wait + TO She waited to go to bed because she wanted to complete the work
Mention Mention + ING He didn't mention visiting his friends when he was in his hometown
Involve Involve + ING The work involves serving to people and not speaking
Tend Tend + TO People tend to stay at home in cloudy days
Swear Swear + TO After arguing with her father, Lisa swore never to return home
Imagine Imagine + ING I can't imagine myself doing this all my life
Created by: MiriV24
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