IV. Verbs commonly used with the gerund

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Verbs	Examples
to admit	Brian admitted taking the money.
to anticipate	They anticipate moving to another premises by the end of the year.
to appreciate	I don’t appreciate being treated like a second-class citizen.
to avoid	They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.
can’t face	I can’t face seeing this awful man again.
can’t help	I can’t help thinking he knows more than he told us.
can’t stand	Mrs. Perry couldn’t stand being kept waiting.
to consider	They are considering buying a new car.
to contemplate	I have never contemplated living abroad.
to delay	He delayed telling her the news waiting for the right moment.
to deny	He denies attempting to rob the bank.
to detest	They detest seeing each other.
to dislike	I dislike being away from my family.
to dread	She dreads her husband finding out.
to enjoy	He hardly enjoys dealing with these people.
to envisage	I can’t envisage her coping with this job.
to escape	He narrowly escaped being killed.
to excuse	Excuse my interrupting you.
to fancy	Do you fancy going out this evening?
to feel like	I don’t feel like going out tonight, let’s stay at home and watch a video.
to forgive	Forgive my interrupting but I really don’t agree with you.
to imagine	I can’t imagine him saying that!
to involve	The test will involve answering 50 question on the topics learnt.
to justify	How can they justify asking to pay such huge taxes?
to keep	Keep smiling, you look so nice when you smile.
to mention	Did she mention attending classes in Oxford?
to mind	Do you mind going there instead of me?
to miss	She narrowly missed hitting him.
to postpone	It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital.
to practise	Practise pronouncing this word correctly.
to prevent	Nothing could prevent his (him) speaking against that plan.
to propose	How do you propose getting home?
to put off	Don’t keep putting off going to the doctor!
to recollect	I recollect him (his) saying that it was dangerous.
to resent	He bitterly resents being treated like a child.
to resist	The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates.
to risk	The conspirators knew they risked being arrested.
to spend	The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems.
to suggest	I suggest going in my car.
to tolerate	She refused to tolerate being called a liar.
to understand	I just can’t understand him taking the money.
to quit	If only he could quit smoking!

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