Verb patterns different meanings

Question 1

Stop Ving

Answer 1

Quit (You really should stop smoking)

Question 2

Stop to V1

Answer 2

Take a break in order to do sth else (The driver stopped to smoke for a minute and then got back in the car)

Question 3

Remember/forget Ving

Answer 3

Have memories (She will always remember going to Paris that year)

Question 4

Remember/forget to V1

Answer 4

Fulfill a duty (You forgot to feed the cat again)

Question 5

Regret Ving

Answer 5

Realize one shouldn`t have done sth (I really regret stealing from my parents when I was a teenager)

Question 6

Regret to V1

Answer 6

Feel sorry (I regret to inform you that you`ve failed you test)

Question 7

Try to V1

Answer 7

Put some effort into doing sth (Try not to be late this time, we are not going to wait for you)

Question 8

Try Ving

Answer 8

Experiment (If you cannot fall asleep, try drinking some hot milk before bed time)

Question 9

Mean to V1

Answer 9

Intend (Sorry, I didn`t mean to offend you)

Question 10

Mean Ving

Answer 10

Have a meaning when talking about an activity - not a verb pattern (Succeeding means working hard)

Question 11

Prefer to V1

Answer 11

Act according to one`s preferences at the moment (In the game room the girl prefered to do a puzzle while the boy prefered to play with toy cars)

Question 12

Prefer Ving

Answer 12

Have general preferences (I usually prefer swimming to tennis)

Question 13

Go on to V1

Answer 13

Finish one part of the plan and start the next one (We decided on the schedule and went on to discuss other details)

Question 14

Go on Ving

Answer 14

Proceed with the same activity (He went on talking despite the fact that nobody was listening to him)