INFINITIVE OR ING FORM GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES
- 1. INFINITIVE OR –ING FORM Infinitive: - Se utiliza detrás de los siguientes verbos: Agree: estar de acuerdo hope: esperar Aim: apuntar manage: dirigir Appear: aparecer offer: ofrecer Arrange: arreglar plan: planear Ask. Preguntar prepare: preparar Attempt: intentar pretend: pretender Beg: mendigar promise: prometer Can´t afford: poder permitirse prove: probar Can´t wait: estar deseando refuse: rehusar Choose: elegir seem: parecer Claim: reclamar tend: cuidar Decide: decider threaten: amenazar Expect: esperar turn out: apagar Fail: suspender undertake: emprender Happen: suceder want: querer Help: ayudar wish. Desear - Se utiliza detrás de would like, would prefer, would love, etc para expresar una preferencia específica. Example: I would prefer to stay in tonight. - Después de adjetivos que decriben sentimientos/emociones . Adjetivos que se refieren al carácter de una persona. - Después de too/enough. - Para hablar de un evento inesperado. - Después de be + first/second/next/last etc. Example: he was the last person to talk to me. - Con it + Be + adjective/noun. Example: It wasn´t easy to find a new job. Infinitivo sin “to” es usado: - Después de un verbo modal. - Después de verbos como: let, make , see, hear, and feel. (a excepción del verbo be, en la forma pasiva). - Help puede ir seguido de to- infinitive o infinitive. - Después de had better y would rather. -ing form: - Se utiliza con los siguientes verbos: Admit: admitir detest: detestar Avoid: evitar dislike: tener antipatía a Can´t face: no enfrentarse enjoy: disfrutar Can´t help: no poder evitar excuse: excusar Can´t resist: no poder resistir fancy: tener ganas de algo Can´t stand: no aguantar finish: acabar Carry on: continuar give up: rendirse Consider: considerer imagine: imaginar Delay: aplazar involve: suponer Denny: negar justify: justificar
- 2. Keep: guardar mention: mencionar Mind: cuidaar postpone: postponer Practise: practicar put off: aplazar Resent: ofenderse Risk: arriesgar Save: ahorrar Suggest: sugerir Tolerate: tolerar - Después de love, like, hate, enjoy, dislike para expresar una preferencia general. - Si el verbo es utilizado como sujeto de una oración. Diference in meaning between the infinitive and -ing form INFINITIVE -ING FORM Forget + to infinitive: no recorder. He forgot to post the letters. Forget + - ing form. No recordar (memorias del pasado) I will never forget travelling around Japan. Remember + to infinitive: no olvidar Did you remember tolock the door? Remember + -ing form: No recordar (memorias del pasado9 I remember seeing Ann at the meeting. Mean + to infinitive: intención de. I am sorry, I never meant to hurt your feelings. Mean + -ing form: suponer. If I lose my job, I am agraid it will mean moving to a smaller flat. Regret + to infinitive: estar arrepentido de algo que se ha hecho. We regret to inform you that you have failed your eams. Regret + - ing form: estar arrepentido de algo que ocurrio en el pasado. I regret spending all that Money. I have got none left. Try + to infinitive: intentar hacer alguna cosa mejor. She traed to tell you but you weren´t listening. Try –ing form: hacer algo como un experimento. Why don´t you try adding some salt’ Stop + to infinitive: parar temporalmente en un orden que se sigan hacienda cosas. They stopped to have lunch. Stop –ing form: acabar de hacer algo. Will you stop complainin all the time? Need + to infinitive: necesitar. I need to clean my shoes. Need + -ing form: precisar de. My shoes need cleaning. Go on + to infinitve: hacer algo más para pasar a la siguiente cosa. The teacher introduced herself and went on to explain about the course. Go on + -ing form: continuar hacienda algo. The teacher told everyone to be quiet, but they just went on talking. Exercise: This time put the verb into the correct form, -ing or to + infinitive. 1. Do you mind (travel) such a long way to work every day? 2. Ann love (cook) but she hates (wash)up. 3. I can´t stand people (tell) me what to do when I am driving. 4. Idon´t like that house. I would hate (live) here. 5. Do you like (drive)? 6. When I have to catch a train, I am always worried about missing it. So I like (get) to the station in plenty of time. 7. I very much enjoy (listen) to classical music. 8. I would love (come) to your wedding but it just isn´t possible. 9. Sometime I´d like (lean) to play the guitar.