Try + doing or to do; Know more such patterns with more words

Forget        Try      Mean      Go on          Stop                       Remember           Regret

Forget

(Forget + -ing form)

• I'll never forget hearing this piece of music for the first time.
• I forgot paying the bill.

When a verb in ing form follows the word forget, it means forget an earlier action.

 (Forget + to+infinitive)

• You should not forget to write.

When to + infinitive follows the word forget, it means  forget to do a future action.

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Try

(Try + ing form)

• John is not here. Try phoning his sister.
• I don't know where she is. Try calling her on her phone.

When a verb in ing form follows the word try, it means do something different again and again to see what will happen. 

(Try + to+infinitive)

• We tried to get tickets but the show was sold out.
• You should even try once to do it.

When to + infinitive follows the word try, it means make an effort to do something difficult.

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Stop

(Stop + ing form)

• They stopped making fac machines about ten years ago.

When a verb in ing form follows the word try, it means finish an action. 

(Stop + to+infinitive)

• We stopped to get water.
• We should stop near the bookshop to take some books.

When to + infinitive follows the word try, it means finish one action in order to do another one.

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Remember 

(Remember + ing form)

• Do you remember playing football for the first time.

When a verb in ing form follows the word remember, it means remember an earlier action.

(Remember + to+infinitive)

• Remember to call me when you arrive.

When to + infinitive follows the word remember, it means remember to do a future action.

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Mean

(Mean + ing form)

• What did she mean leaving so early.
• This work means living in village.

When a verb in ing form follows the word mean, it means involves or will result in.

(Mean + to+infinitive)

• The students mean to finish their project by sunday.

When to + infinitive follows the word mean, it means intend or to do something or you are supposed to.

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Regret

(Regret + ing form)

• I am very regret getting that you have lost your job.

When a verb in ing form follows the word regret, it means feel sorrow about the past.

(Regret + to+infinitive)

• Our company regret to inform you of cancellation of discount coupons.
• I regret to inform you that your husband is no more.

When to + infinitive follows the word regret, it means announce bad news. The pattern is used to say in a polite or formal way that you are sorry or sad about a situation.

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Go on

(Go on + ing form)

• They went on playing cricket.

When a verb in ing form follows the word go on, it means continue.

(Go on + to+infinitive)

• After meeting, PM shall go on to visit museum.

When to + infinitive follows the word go on, it means change to another action.

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