The document provides examples of phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs in English related to doing or not doing actions. Some of the verbs included are avoid, deny, finish, give up, spend time/money on, agree to, decide to/not to, expect to, fail to, hope to, allow, ask, expect, tell, want, like, prefer, try, remember, forget, go, stop. For each verb, an example sentence is given to illustrate its meaning.

1. - avoid doing st: tránh ….
I often go through the park to avoid
getting stuck in traffic jams.
- deny doing st: chối/ không thừa nhận
đã….
The boy denied breaking the window.
 # refuse to do st: từ chối …..
He invited me to a party, but I refused
to go with him.
- enjoy doing st: thích ….
I enjoy cooking.
- finish doing st: hoàn thành việc ….

2. I finished doing my housework
yesterday morning.
- give up doing st: từ bỏ việc ….
He gave up smoking a month ago.
- spend time doing st: dành thời gian ….
I spend one hour doing exercise
everyday.
- spend money ON doing st: dành tiền
cho việc …
I spent 100,000 VNDs on (buying) this
book.
- agree to do st: đồng ý ….
I agreed to cooperate with him in that
project.

3. - decide to do st/ decide not to do st:
quyết định …./ không ……
I decided (not) to take an English
course.
- expect to do st: kỳ vọng ….
My son is expected to perform well at
school.
I expect to gain some benefits from
working overtime.
- fail to do st: thất bại trong việc …
He failed to persuade her to marry him.
- hope to do st: hi vọng ….
I hope to visit Europe one day.

4. - allow sb to do st: cho phép ….
My parents allow me to go home late
on Saturday nights.
- ask sb to do st: yêu cầu ….
Our teacher askes us to work very
hard.
- expect sb to do st: kỳ vọng ….
I expect my students to pass the final
exam.
- tell sb (not) to do st: yêu cầu…
She told us not to speak loudly in public
places.
- want sb to do st: muốn ….

5. Our mother wants us to do housework
every weekend.
- Would like sb to do st: muốn …
I would like my mum to make a cake
right now.
- look forward to doing st: mong chờ…
I’m looking forward to receiving your
reply soon.
- object to doing st: phản đối….
A lot of people object to building an
industrial zone inside the city.
- can’t help doing st: không thể
không….
I can’t help laughing at him.

6. - can’t stand doing st: không thể chịu
đựng…
I can’t stand living with them in the
same house.
- begin to do st = begin doing st: bắt
đầu ….
= start to do st = start doing st
I started to learn English several years
ago.
- hate to do st = hate doing st: ghét việc
…
I hate sitting next to him.
- like to do st = like doing st: thích ….

7. - prefer doing st = prefer to do st: thích
….
I prefer watching films to going out.
I prefer to have dinner before going
out.
- try to do st: cố gắng …
Try doing st: thử ….
I tried to speak English better.
I tried cooking this dish.
- remember doing st: nhớ là đã ….
I remember turning off the TV. Why is
it still on?
- remember to do st: nhớ để…

8. I must remember to go the bank before
going to work.
- forget doing st: quên là đã…
I forgot watching that film, so I bought
a ticket for it.
- forget to do st: quên sẽ phải …
I forgot to visit my friends last
weekend.
- go + V_ing
I went camping/ hunting/ skating/
dancing/ jogging/ swimming yesterday.
- I am interested in watching Korean
movies.
- stop doing st: ngừng việc…

9. I stopped smoking.