Appreciate
ǧ 41
Remember
ǧ 30, 41
Resent
ǧ 17
Be proud of
Adore,
Advocate,
Avoid,
Can't help,
Can't stand,
Complete,
Consider,
Contemplate,
Defer,
Delay,
Deny,
Detest,
Discuss,
Dislike,
Don't mind,
Endure,
Enjoy,
Entail,
Envisage,
Fancy,
Finish,
Forgive,
Forbid,
Imagine,
Involve,
Justify,
Keep,
Mind,
Miss,
Postpone,
Practise,
Quit,
Recall,
Resume,
Recommend Ç15
Risk,
Sanction,
SuggestÇ15,22,41,
Tolerate (-vfol),
Waste time,

Phrasal verbs:
Admit to,
Adapt to,
Adjust to,
Appologise for,
Approve of,
Argue about,
Ask about,
Be into,
Believe in,
Benefit from,
Beware of,
Care about,
Chicken out of,
Come across as,
Complain about,
Concentrate on,
Confess to,
Cope with,
Consist of,
Crack down on,
Decide against,
Decide on,
Depend on,
Despair of,
Disapprove of,
Dream about,
Dream of,
End up,
Engage in,
Evade responsibility for,
Excel in,
Feel like,
Feel up to,
Finish up,
Forget about,
Get around to,
Get into,
Get on with,
Get out of,
Give up,
Help with,
Keep on,
Inquire about,
Insist on,
Indulge in,
Leave without,
Look forward to,
Look into,
Object to,
Participate in,
Persist in,
Plan on,
Prepare for,
Profit from,
Prohibit from,
Put off,
Refrain from,
Result from,
Spend (some) time,
Succeed in,
Talk about,
Think about,
Wind up,
Worry about,

Be+Adjective/
Past Participle
+Preposition:
Be...
accustomed to,
adept at,
afraid of,
angry about,
ashamed about,
ashamed of,
assigned,
bad at,
beware of,
bored with,
(not) bothered,
capable of,
certain about,
certain of,
committed to,
concerned about,
concerned with,
content with,
critical of,
delighted about,
disappointed about,
discouraged from,
fascinated about,
enthusiastic about,
excelent at,
faced with
familiar with,
famous for,
fond of,
glad about,
good at,
happy about,
(or get) het up about,
inadept at,
incapable of,
intent on,
interested in,
known for,
nervous about,
obsessed about,
proud of,
resigned to,
sick of,
skilled at,
sorry for,
successful at,
terrible at,
tired of,
unaccustomed to,
unconcerned about,
unenthusiastic about,
unfamiliar with,
unhappy about,
up to,
upset about,
useful for,
wary of,
weary of,
worried about,

Preparatory phrases
that end in prepositions
may also be followed
by gerunds:

How about
There...
is no point in

Aim,
Arrange,
Aspire,
Attempt,
Be a good idea,
Call,
Can/Can't afford,
Can't be asked,
Can't be bothered,
Conspire,
Could kill,
Demand,
Dropped by,
Dropped in,
Endevour,
Grow up(vfol=be),
Happen,
Have,
Have got,
Hold out,
Fail,
Hessitate,
Hope,
Let loose,
Live,
Listen (vfol=hear),
Long,
Manage,
Neglect,
Never cease,
Offer,
Ought,
Popped in,
Put in,
Proceed,
Refuse,
Seem,
Strive,
Tend,
Threaten,
Use (discontinued
actions and states),
Volunteer,
Vow,
Wait,
Work (vfol=be/live),
Would be+ adj/ppp...
ashamed,
amazed,
barmy,
bothered (in reply to Can't be bothered),
brave
compelled,
content,
courageous,
crazy,
criminal,
cruel
delighted,
difficult,
elegible,
fabulous,
free,
easy,
glad,
happy
hard put,
hessitant,
honored (US),
honoured (UK),
indelicate,
injudicious,
judgemental,
kind,
nice,
obliged,
proud,
quick,
reluctant,
(shear) lunacy,
silly,
slow,
sorry,
stupid,
suited,
tactless,
terrible,
weird,
willing,
wicked,

Would give ones right arm
(Left-handers sometimes jocularly use the expression left arm. Coarser expressions expressing willingness to sacrifice other body parts also exist.),
Would kill,
Yearn,

Be+adjective:
Be...
able,
about,
amazed,
anxious,
apt,
ashamed,
astounded,
authorised,
bound,
bursting,
called,
careful,
certain,
content,
crucial,
delighted,
desperate,
determined,
disappointed,
dying,
eager,
eligible,
fired up (US),
fortunate,
free,
good,
guaranteed,
glad,
going,
happy,
held,
hesitant,
honored (US),
honoured (UK),
impossible,
inclined,
liable,
licenced,
likely,
lucky,
known,
made,
nice,
pining,
pleased,
proud,
quick,
ready,
reluctant,
reported,
sad,
shocked,
slow,
sorry,
supposed,
sure,
surprised,
thought,
unfit,
willing,
wont,

Introduction:

This diagram aims to show the relationship between verbs that can be followed by other verbs. Blue text indicates a new link, green text an active link, and red text previously visited link. The word "Catenative is clickable below and links to a simplified diagram. The main diagram includes:

1. The Primary auxiliary verbs - § 1, 7 and 30 (Be only.);
2. The Catenatives
- § 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11 ,12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 47, 48, 49, 50
3. Reporting Verbs - § 17, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
4. The Present Subjunctive - § 15, 19
5. The Past Subjunctive - § 5, 6, 7
6. Verbs linked by And - § 33, 36
7. Non-Modal Verbs followed by the bare infinitive - § 4
8. Verbs Linked by Question Words - 19, 20, 34, 38, 39, 51

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1. By clicking on an area of the diagram marked with a numbered mouse symbol.
2. By using the Back and Next buttons at the bottom of each page. Acknowlegements:

I would like to thank the following people from internet forums and chatrooms who have helped me produce this diagram: Garry Shannon who produced a diagram in "paint" and who pointed the way to produce a clearer diagram, "Lorikeet" and "Al" for their advice programing in html; and Duncan Powrie, Steven Jones, "Metal", Larry Lantham, Peter Daniels, Jacques Guy, Ron Hardin, "ordosclan", "galathaea" and Michael Thomson for their ideas and constructive critisism. My appologies if I've left anyone out.
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