Infinitives! Following is a list of verbs followed by infinitives in English with example sentences to help you improve your English grammar.
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Verbs Followed by Infinitives
Learn list of verbs followed by infinitives with examples 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 recognise 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 cautions.
- 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
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