pattern · neutral

continue + V-ing / continue to + V

Band 6-7speakingtask2

to keep doing something; both 'continue + V-ing' and 'continue to + V' are possible, with small nuances

Examples

“She continued working despite the noise.”

“He continued to argue his case even after the meeting ended.”

“After the break they continued with the experiments.”

Band 8 sentence

“Although funding was cut, the team continued to pursue the research, adapting their methods to the new constraints.”

Collocations

  • continue + V-ing (continue working)
  • continue to + V (continue to insist)

Word family

continue (v) verbcontinuation (n) noun

Common mistakes

She continued to working after lunch.→She continued working after lunch.

He continued arguing to his point.→He continued to argue his point.

Say it for a higher band

5keep + V-ing→6go on + V-ing→7+continue + V-ing / continue to + V

Synonyms

go on + V-ing

Easily confused

go on + V-ing / go on to + V

“After a short break, she went on to explain the second experiment.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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