Download Verbs followed by either bare infinitives or to

What are bare infinitives?
Bare infinitives are the verbs in the 1st column in the verb table, for examples, go, run,
walk, come, draw, write … etc.
What are to-infinitives?
To-infinitives are bare infinitives with “to” in front of it, for examples, to go, to run,
to walk, to come, to draw, to write … etc.
What are gerunds?
Gerunds are also called verbal nouns and they are used as nouns. You can find them in
the 2nd column in the verb table. You can make a gerund by putting “ing” after a bare
infinitive. For examples, the gerund for “draw” is “drawing”; the gerund for “run” is
“running”. Going, walking, coming, and writing are other examples
Verbs followed by either bare infinitives or to-infinitives
Verbs followed by bare infinitives
Verbs followed by to-infinitives
1. After all auxiliary verbs:
can, could, may, might, should, must,
will, would …, etc.
2. After all sensual verbs:
need, want, agree, learn, try, remember,
decide, promise, plan, expect,
pretend …, etc
hear, see, watch, feel, notice
3. and after these words:
make, let, help…, etc
Verbs followed by gerunds:
stop, like, love, keep, mind, finish, give up, look forward to
You can find more notes on “bare infinitives”, “to-infinitives” and “gerund” in
“Big Grammar – Book 6” Unit 3 and Unit 4