Aqui vai uma explicação clara, completa e didática sobre verbos seguidos de outro verbo em –ING (verb + -ing)

🌟 1. O que são verbos seguidos de outro verbo em –ING?

Em inglês, alguns verbos sempre devem ser seguidos por outro verbo no gerúndio (–ing).
Ex.:

I enjoy reading.
She suggested going.

Esses verbos não aceitam to + infinitive no segundo verbo.

⭐ 2. Os verbos mais comuns que são seguidos por –ING

🔵 A) Verbos de gosto / preferência

Esses verbos sempre pedem –ING depois:

enjoy → I enjoy playing tennis.
like / love / hate (quando gerais e não específicas) → He hates waiting.
prefer → I prefer staying home.

🔵 B) Verbos que indicam “parar”, “evitar” ou “continuar”

stop → She stopped smoking.
(Ela parou de fumar.)
avoid → Try to avoid eating sugar.
(Tente evitar comer açúcar.)
keep / keep on → Keep studying.
(Continue estudando.)
quit / give up → He gave up drinking.
(Ele desistiu de beber.)

🔵 C) Verbos de sugestão, recomendação ou admissão

suggest → She suggested going by car.
recommend → I recommend trying this restaurant.
admit → He admitted stealing the money.
deny → She denied knowing him.

🔵 D) Verbos de mente e emoções

imagine → Imagine living on Mars.
consider → I’m considering moving.
mind → Do you mind opening the window?
miss → I miss traveling.

🔵 E) Verbos sobre “experiência”

practice → She practices speaking English.
risk → You risk losing everything.
involve → My job involves working with clients.

⭐ 3. Verbos + preposição → SEMPRE –ING

Quando um verbo vem após uma preposição, ele sempre vai em –ING.

Ex.:

I’m interested in learning English.
She left without saying goodbye.
He apologized for being late.

Isso vale 100% das vezes.

⭐ 4. Diferença entre verbos que podem usar –ING OU “to + infinitive”

Alguns verbos permitem as duas formas, mas com mudança de significado:

🔵 1) Remember + –ING

→ lembrar do passado
Remembering doing something

I remember meeting her last year.
(Eu me lembro de tê-la conhecido ano passado.)

Remember + to + verbo

→ lembrar de fazer algo no futuro (tarefa)

Remember to call me.
(Não esqueça de me ligar.)

🔵 2) Stop + –ING

→ parar de fazer algo

He stopped smoking.

Stop + to + verb

→ parar para fazer algo

He stopped to smoke. (Ele parou para fumar.)

🔵 3) Try + –ING

→ tentar como experiência

Try adding more salt. (Experimente colocar mais sal.)

Try + to + verb

→ tentar fazer algo difícil

Try to lift this box. (Tente levantar esta caixa.)

⭐ 5. Resumo rápido

Verbo	Exemplo	Tradução
enjoy	I enjoy reading.	gosto de ler
avoid	Avoid talking.	evite falar
suggest	She suggested going.	sugeriu ir
keep	Keep studying.	continue estudando
consider	Consider moving.	considere mudar
mind	Do you mind opening…?	você se importa de…?
miss	I miss traveling.	sinto falta de viajar
admit	He admitted stealing.	admitiu roubar
deny	She denied knowing him.	negou conhecer

📝 EXERCÍCIO – Verb + -ING (25 questões)

1. I enjoy ___ TV in the evenings.

a) to watch
b) watching
c) watch
d) to watching

2. She suggested ___ a taxi.

a) take
b) to take
c) taking
d) taken

3. He avoided ___ late to the meeting.

a) to arrive
b) arriving
c) arrive
d) to arriving

4. They finished ___ the project yesterday.

a) to complete
b) completing
c) completed
d) complete

5. Do you mind ___ the window?

a) to open
b) open
c) opening
d) opened

6. I can't imagine ___ in another country.

a) live
b) to live
c) living
d) lived

7. She denied ___ the money.

a) to take
b) taking
c) take
d) taken

8. He gave up ___ every day.

a) to smoke
b) smoking
c) smoke
d) to smoking

9. We miss ___ our grandparents.

a) to visit
b) visiting
c) visit
d) visited

10. My job involves ___ emails all day.

a) writing
b) to write
c) write
d) to writing

11. They practiced ___ for the exam.

a) to study
b) studying
c) study
d) studied

12. She’s considering ___ to Canada.

a) to move
b) move
c) moving
d) moved

13. He kept ___ even when it was difficult.

a) trying
b) to try
c) try
d) tried

14. I look forward to ___ you next week.

a) see
b) seeing
c) to see
d) to seeing

15. He apologized for ___ late.

a) be
b) being
c) to be
d) been

16. She stopped ___ because she was tired.

a) to work
b) working
c) worked
d) to working

17. Try ___ more water if you feel dehydrated.

a) drink
b) to drink
c) drinking
d) drank

18. I remember ___ him at the party.

a) to meet
b) meeting
c) meet
d) met

19. He forgot ___ the lights. They were on all night.

a) turning
b) turn
c) turned
d) to turn

20. Stop ___ and listen to me!

a) talk
b) talking
c) to talk
d) talked

21. She is used to ___ up early.

a) wake
b) waking
c) to wake
d) to waking

22. He insisted on ___ the bill.

a) pay
b) paying
c) to pay
d) paid

23. They succeeded in ___ the problem.

a) solve
b) to solve
c) solving
d) solved

24. She’s afraid of ___ mistakes.

a) make
b) to make
c) making
d) made

25. He left without ___ goodbye.

a) say
b) to say
c) saying
d) said

✅ GABARITO EXPLICADO

1. b) watching

"enjoy" sempre pede –ING.

2. c) taking

"suggest" → verbo + –ING.

3. b) arriving

"avoid" sempre seguido de –ING.

4. b) completing

"finish" → verbo + –ING.

5. c) opening

"mind" sempre usa –ING.

6. c) living

"imagine" → + –ING.

7. b) taking

"deny" → + –ING.

8. b) smoking

"give up" → + –ING.

9. b) visiting

"miss" → + –ING.

10. a) writing

"involve" → + –ING.

11. b) studying

"practice" → + –ING.

12. c) moving

"consider" → + –ING.

13. a) trying

"keep" → + –ING (continuar fazendo).

14. b) seeing

"look forward to" → expressão com preposição → sempre –ING.

15. b) being

"apologize for" → preposição + –ING.

16. b) working

"stop + -ing" → parar de fazer algo.

17. c) drinking

"try + -ing" → experimentar como solução.

18. b) meeting

"remember + -ing" → lembrar do passado.

19. d) to turn

"forget + to" → esquecer de fazer algo (tarefa).

20. b) talking

"stop + -ing" = parar de falar.

21. b) waking

"be used to" → "to" é preposição → + –ING.

22. b) paying

"insist on" → preposição + –ING.

23. c) solving

"succeed in" → preposição → sempre –ING.

24. c) making

"be afraid of" → preposição → + –ING.

25. c) saying

"without" → preposição → + –ING.

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