1.*Stop + gerund I stopped drinking ten pints a day.

2.*Stop + infinitive I stopped to drink a pint.

a. to give up, to finish (‘to stop’ is the second action.)

b. to halt (when ‘to stop’ is the first action)

3.*Remember + gerund I remember going home drunk.

4.*Remember + infinitive I remembered to go home.

d. ‘to remember’ an earlier action.

c. ‘to remember’ is the first action, then you do the other.

5.*Forget + gerund I forgot about visiting that awful bar.

6.*Forget + infinitive. I forgot to visit that awful bar.

e. to forget about an action that you had done in the past.

f. something needed doing but wasn’t, because you forgot.

7.*Regret + gerund I regret telling the landlady to clear off.

8.*Regret+ infinitive I regret to say this. But clear off!

g. to regret something that has already happened.

h. to regret something that will happen in the future.

9. Try + gerund I tried taking a big pill, but I couldn’t.

10.Try + infinitive I tried to take a big pill. It didn’t help.

i. to attempt to do something, usually unsuccessfully.

j. to do something to see if it helps, to experiment with.

11.Mean + gerund That’ll mean saying sorry to her.

12.Mean + infinitive I mean to say sorry to her.

l. to involve or to include.

k. to have the intention to do something.

13.Be sorry + gerund I’m sorry for telling you to clear off.

14.Be sorry + infinitive I’m sorry to tell you this but….

m. to apologise for something that has been done.

n. to regret that will happen in the future.

15.Go on + ger. She went on being the worst prime minister.

16.Go on + inf. She went on to be the worst prime minister.

p. to continue something that you were already doing.

o. to do something later as a continuation.