Infinitives: List of 50+ Verbs Followed by Infinitives in English

Afford  

• We cannot afford to hesitate.

Agree    

• The professors agreed to disagree.

Aim       

• We aim to increase the speed of delivery.

Appear  

• The results appear to support your theory.

Attempt  

• Are you going to attempt to pass the exam?

Ask        

• Historians frequently ask to consult the collection.

Arrange           

• They had arranged to meet at noon.

Beg        

• I beg to differ with you.

Begin    

• The leaves begin to fall when autumn comes.

Care      

• Would you care to respond?

Choose

• Every day is beautiful if you choose to see it.

Claim   

• She claims to have new data.

Consent         

• Will you consent to run for office?

Continue         

• The finance minister will continue to mastermind Poland’s economic reform.

Dare      

• I wouldn’t dare to call him. He’s very angry.

Decide  

• He has decided to live in France.

Demand              

• I demand to see the results of the survey.

Deserve        

• She deserves to have a fair hearing.

Dislike  

• We dislike to have anyone patronize us.

Expect  

• What time do you expect to arrive home?

Fail       

• The teacher failed to recognize my good work.

Forget

• She forgot to turn off the tap, so there was water all over the floor.

Get     

• We’ve got to get the economy under control or it will literally eat us up.

Hesitate             

• I hesitate to try the experiment again.

Hope  

• He hope to find a job in Cork soon.

Hurry    

• It had to hurry to find a home because I was already on to something else.

Intend  

• I heard they intend to marry.

Learn      

• We have learned to proceed with caution.

Like  

• She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.

Love  

• I love to ramble through the fields and lanes in this part of the country.

Manage   

• How did she manage to find the solution?

Mean    

• I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.

Neglect

• The author neglected to provide an index.

need    

• Do we need to find new subjects?

Offer      

• She offered to help me move my things to my new house.

Plan      

• Next year I plan to travel around the world.

Prefer    

• Would you prefer to live in the country instead of a town?

Prepare      

• He was not prepared to give a lecture.

Pretend  

• She was pretending to cry. I knew she was lying.

Proceed   

• They will proceed to build another laboratory building.

Promise          

• He promised to collect her from the airport.

Propose

• We propose to deal with this subject in the following chapter.

Refuse  

• She refused to cooperate any longer.

Remember          

• He had remembered to bring a pair of gloves, unlike me.

Seem    

• Something seems to be wrong with your design.

Start 

• The child started to sob when he couldn’t find his mother.

Stop   

• His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me.

Struggle     

• We struggled to understand her point of view.

Swear   

• He swears to tell the truth.

Threaten              

• The team threatened to stop their research.

Try      

• We tried to confuse the enemy.

Volunteer   

• Will you volunteer to lead the group?

Wait      

• We could not wait to hear the outcome.

Want    

• She did not want to go first.

Wish   

• Do you wish to participate?