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It is interesting / I am interested / I find it interesting / It makes me bored
If + present simple, will + base verb
If + present simple, present simple
If + past simple, would + base verb
If + past perfect, would have + past participle
Various time shifts (e.g. If I had..., I would now...)
Unless + positive condition (= if not)
as long as + condition (time/requirement)
enjoy/avoid/finish/suggest + gerund
want/decide/hope/agree + to infinitive
verb + -ing
to + base verb
look forward TO doing, be used TO doing
preposition + gerund (general rule)
to + base verb (purpose)
remember doing (past) vs remember to do (future)
stop doing (cease) vs stop to do (pause to)
like doing (enjoy) vs like to do (choose/prefer)
I enjoy swimming
try doing (experiment) vs try to do (attempt)
see doing (in progress) vs see do (complete)
need doing (passive) vs need to do (active)
too/enough + to infinitive, adjective + to infinitive
go on doing (continue) vs go on to do (next)
mean doing (involve) vs mean to do (intend)
Swimming is good exercise
regret doing (past) vs regret to say (formal)
may/might/could have + past participle
say (that) + statement / tell + person + (that) + statement
present → past, past → past perfect, will → would, can → could
present tense reporting verb + present continues (She says she is from London)
ask + if/whether + statement order
ask + wh-word + statement order
today → that day, tomorrow → the next day, here → there, this → that
tell/ask + person + to infinitive
advise/ask/convince/encourage/invite/persuade/remind/tell/warn + person + to infinitive
agree/refuse/threaten/offer/promise + to infinitive
apologize for/insist on/accuse sb of/admit/deny/regret/suggest + gerund
suggest/recommend/insist/claim/explain + that + clause
Talking about habits in present and past and future, covering Usually, Used to, Would, Be & Get used to
as if/as though + past subjunctive
it's time + subject + past subjunctive
base verb / verb + s (3rd person)
going to + base verb
have/has + past participle
verb + ed / irregular
used to + base verb
present simple for business routines, processes, facts
Verb classification affecting tense usage
know, believe, love, hate, want, prefer
have, own, belong, exist, contain
Verbs expressing ongoing, interruptible actions
see, hear, taste, smell, feel
be, seem, weigh, cost, measure
Context-dependent usage: think, have, see, be