Realizing that alone, she asked me to help. 7. Looking/ Having looked through magazines, I realize date. 8. Believing that she absolutely, she gave check. | VERB USAGE GRAMMAR COURSE – I agree** aim appear* arrange** ask** attempt bother care (negative) choose claim** decide** decline demand** determine** be determined** * + that-clause ** + to do or that . should ( passive). V + TO DO endeavour fail forget* guarantee** happen* hesitate hope learn* manage neglect offer long plan prepare be prepared pretend* V + TO DO proceed promise prove* refuse remember* resolve** seem* swear* undertake* threaten* tend volunteer trouble (negative) try (= attempt) vow V + TO DO appear, happen, pretend, seem should, might, could (not), ought, would (like), can(not), must, needn't He pretended to have read the book. (= He pretended that he had read the book) V + TO BE DOING appear, happen, pretend, seem I happened to be looking out of the window when they arrived. V + TO HAVE DONE ask, decide, discover, find out, forget, know, learn, remember, see (= understand/ perceive), show + object, think, understand, want to know, wonder V + Wh- + TO DO how/ what/ when/ where/ which/ why V + DOING admit* anticipate* avoid appreciate consider* dread defer enjoy escape excuse fancy (= imagine) finish mean* (= involve) mind (= object) miss loathe resent remember* (= recollect) resist pardon postpone risk V + DOING stop (= cease) delay forgive practise suggest* prevent deny* imagine* understand* detest involve dislike propose* (= suggest) keep (= continue) recollect * + that-clauses can't stand, can't help, it's no use/good, worth, busy V + Poss. Adj/Pro. OBJ + DOING dislike dread fancy involve mean mind object to insist on like (negative) Tom insisted on reading the letter. Cf. Tom insisted on my/me reading the letter. V + Poss. Adj/Pro. OBJ + DOING propose it's no good/use recollect remember resent save stop there's no point in suggest understand what's the point of V + TO DO/DOING begin, start, continue, cease to do (think, understand) doing advise, allow, permit, recommend doing sb/th +to do . | VERB USAGE GRAMMAR COURSE – I agree** aim appear* arrange** ask** attempt bother care (negative) choose claim** decide** decline demand** determine** be determined** * + that-clause ** + to do or that . should ( passive). V + TO DO endeavour fail forget* guarantee** happen* hesitate hope learn* manage neglect offer long plan prepare be prepared pretend* V + TO DO proceed promise prove* refuse remember* resolve** seem* swear* undertake* threaten* tend volunteer trouble (negative) try (= attempt) vow V + TO DO appear, happen, pretend, seem should, might, could (not), ought, would (like), can(not), must, needn't He pretended to have read the book. (= He pretended that he had read the book) V + TO BE DOING appear, happen, pretend, seem I happened to be looking out of the window when they arrived. V + TO HAVE DONE ask, decide, discover, find out, forget, know, learn, remember, see (= understand/ perceive), show + object, think, understand, want to know, wonder V
