Verb Pattern.

There are several patterns, we only see a few ones.

These verbs all use this pattern: want, hope, decide, agree, arrange, can't afford, intend, learn, manage, offer, prefer, refuse, remember, seem, tend.

I decided to leave school and find a job.

My sister agreed to help me with my homework.

Advice, allow, cause, enable, encourage, expect, force, remind, urge, warn.

Robert's mother encouraged him to study law.

The teacher reminded us not to use our cellphones during the class.

After the verbs remember, forget, stop and try; we can use both the -ing form and to-infinitive. However, the meaning of the sentence change:

Jenny remembers locking the door. (She remembers that she locked the door.)

Jenny remembers to lock the door. (She always remembers to lock the door.)