Английский язык. Ч.3 (Units 9,10). Ильичева Н.А - 52 стр.

   e. g. I remember being taken to Paris as a small child.
          The safe showed no signs of having been touched.
6. The -ing form is used:
   – as a noun.
   e. g. Reading English is easier than speaking it.
   – after certain verbs (admit, avoid, deny, consider, continue, excuse, finish,
forgive, go, imagine, mention, mind, postpone, prevent, risk, suggest, etc.)
   e. g. Let’s go swimming.
          We had to postpone playing tennis because of the bad weather.
   – after dislike, enjoy, hate, like, love, prefer to express general preference.
   e. g. She likes traveling.
   – after expressions such as be busy, it’s no use, it’s (no) good, it’s (not)
worth, what’s the use of, can’t help, there’s no point in, can’t stand, have
difficulty (in), have trouble, have a hard/difficult time, etc.
   e. g. It’s no use going to university if you don’t intend to study.
          She is busy revising for her exam.
   – after prepositions.
   e. g. He left the shop without paying.
   – after the preposition to with verbs and expressions such as look forward to,
be used to, object to, in addition to, etc.
   e. g. She can’t get used to working in such conditions.
   – after the verbs: hear, listen, notice, see, watch and feel to describe an
incomplete action that is to say that somebody saw, heard, etc. only a part of the
action.
   e. g. I heard her shouting at the children.
   If the same verbs describe a complete action that somebody saw, heard, etc.
from beginning to end, we use the bare infinitive instead of the -ing form.
   e. g. I heard her shout at the children.
7. Verbs taking the to-infinitive or the -ing form with a change of meaning.
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