To advise to allow to permit to recommend to encourage

gerund

infinitive

in the active voice or not followed by an indirect object

in the passive voice or followed by an indirect object

• The agency advises booking in advance.

• They don’t allow smoking here.

• The agent advised us to book in advance.

• We were advised to book in advance.

• We were not allowed to smoke there.

• They don’t allow people to smoke here.

gerund

infinitive

general use

as part of Complex Object with the verb ‘to be’

I imagined her dancing with another boy and got very sad.

I had imagined her to be older than she looked.

to accuse of

to complain of

to think of

not to like the idea of

to approve of

to consist of/in

to be ignorant of

to give up the idea of

to be afraid of

to hear of

to dream of

to be sure of

to be aware of

to learn of

to be conscious of

to be proud of

to be capable of

to suspect of

to be tired of

to be incapable of

to speak of

to be fond of

to admire smb for

to forgive smb for

to praise smb for

to apologize for

to thank smb for

to punish smb for

to excuse smb for

to blame smb for

to sentence smb for

to count on

to plan on

to rely on

to be keen on

to decide on/against

to insist on

to congratulate on

to be fond of

to depend on

to waste time on

to spend time on

to agree to

to object to

to be used to

to get round to

to look forward to

to be accustomed to

to get used to

in addition to

to believe in

to succeed in

to result in

to take pride in

to be interested in

to assist in

to have (no) difficulty in

to lose (no) time in

to persist in

to help in

to take part in

in + gerund

infinitive

• shows that one is interested in the idea of doing something;

• refers to something that has already happened or is happening;

• if you are interested in doing or having something, you want to do it or have it

• shows that one is interested by what one learns or experiences;

• refers to something that will happen

• The Labour party is now more interested in regulating rather than renationalising industry. – Лейбористская партия сейчас больше заинтересована в регулировании, а не в деприватизации промышленности. / Лейбористська партія зараз більш зацікавлена в регулюванні, а не в деприватизації промисловості

• Anyone who is interested in working with or supporting the new concert hall should contact Evvy Edwards. - Все, кого интересует сотрудничество или спонсорство нового концертного зала, должны связаться с Эвви Эдвардсом. / Усі, кого цікавить співробітництво або спонсорство нового концертного залу, повинні зв'язатися з Евви Едвардсом.

• We were sure our partners would be interested in taking advantage of that offer. – Мы были уверены, что наши партнеры будут заинтересованы тем, чтобы воспользоваться преимуществом этого предложения. / Ми були впевнені, що наші партнери будуть зацікавлені тим, щоб скористатися перевагою цієї пропозиції.

• Shareholders will be interested to hear the details of the new proposal of the Board of Directors. – Акционерам будет интересно услышать детали нового предложения совета директоров. / Акціонерам буде цікаво почути деталі нової пропозиції ради директорів.

•  I thought you would be interested to see some of the questions raised by the members of the club at the annual meeting. – Я думал, вам будет интересно посмотреть на вопросы, поднятые членами клуба на ежегодном собрании. / Я думав, вам буде цікаво подивитися на питання, підняті членами клубу на щорічних зборах.

• Our readers may be interested to know what goes into producing each issue of our magazine. – Нашим читателям, возможно, будет интересно узнать, что включает в себя производство каждого номера нашего журнала. / Нашим читачам, можливо, буде цікаво довідатися, що містить у собі виробництво кожного номера нашого журналу.