Common Mistakes with -ing 👇
Avoid + -ing.
❌Don't say: You can't avoid to make mistakes.
✔Say: You can't avoid making mistakes.
Enjoy + -ing.
❌Don't say: I enjoy to play football.
✔Say: I enjoy playing football.
Excuse + -ing.
❌Don't say: Please excuse me to be so late.
✔Say: Please excuse my being so late. Or Please excuse me for being so late.
Finish + -ing.
❌Don't say: Have you finished to speak?
✔Say: Have you finished speaking?
Go on (continue) + -ing.
❌Don't say: The music went on to play all day.
✔Say: The music went on playing ail day.
Mind (object to) + -ing.
❌Don't say: Would you mind to open the door?
✔Say: Would you mind opening the door?
Practise + -ing.
❌Don't say: You must practise to speak English.
✔Say: You must practise speaking English.
Remember + -ing.
❌Don't say: I don't remember to have seen him.
✔Say: I don't remember seeing him.
Or:
✔I don't remember having seen him.
Risk + -ing.
❌Don't say: We couldn't risk to leave him alone.
✔Say: We couldn't risk leaving him alone.
Stop + -ing.
❌Don't say: The wind has almost stopped to blow.
✔Say: The wind has almost stopped blowing.
Busy+ -ing.
❌Don't say: He was busy to revise the exams.
✔Say: He was busy revising for the exams.
Worth + -ing.
❌Don't say: Is today's film worth to see?
✔Say: Is today's film worth seeing?
👆 Common Mistakes with -ing 👆
