Verb patterns When we use two verbs together, the form of the second verb usually depends on the first verb. This is called a verb pattern: The company has made people think differently, the number of customers keeps rising, the table wouldn't fit in this car. keep, don't mind, begin , enjoy, finish, prefer, love, hate, continue, like, start + verb + ing (doing) need, seem, try, begin, want , prefer, decide, love, hate, continue , like, start, would like, plan, forget, learn + infinitive with to (to do) would, can, would rather, will, must, should, could + infinitive without to (do) pay, ask, tell, help, want, would like , allow, teach + object + infinitive with to ( sb/sth to do) make, help , let + object + infinitive (sb/sth do) *keep=continue *Let someone do something = allow someone to do something *The verbs in red in the table have more than one verb pattern. Both ver...