V + V-ing

Admit
Avoid
Consider
Delay
Deny
Enjoy
Fancy

Finish
Imagine
Involve
Keep (on)
Mind
Miss
Postpone

Practise
Risk
Stop
Suggest

Ej. I enjoy dancing

Would you mind closing the door?
Ian suggested going to the cinema.
Dont keep /keep on interrupting me while Im speaking.
En negativa not ira delante del verbo acabado en ing:
When Im on holiday, I enjoy not having to get up early.
Despus de una preposicin el verbo va en ing:
She gave up smoking three years ago.
Cuando hablamos de acciones acabadas (ej. Ella admiti haber robado el
dinero) se puede utilizar la forma having + Vpart. O la forma ing del
verbo que lleva el significado. Ej.:
She admitted having stolen the money.
She admitted stealing the money.

V + Infinitivo con to
Afford
Agree
Aim
Appear
Arrange
Attempt
Claim
Decide
Deserve
Fail
Forget
Hope
Learn
Manage
Offer
Plan
Pretend
Promise
Refuse
Seem
Tend
threaten

Ej. It was late, so we decided to take a taxi .

How old were you when you learned to drive?
They seemed to have plenty of money
En negativa not va delante de to.
Ej. Ann pretended not to see me
I promised not to be late
Existe tambin el infinitivo continuo (to be + Ving) y el infinitivo perfecto (to
have + V en participio ).
Ej. I pretended to be reading the newspaper
You seem to have lost weight.
Despus de dare se puede utilizar el infinitivo con o sin to:
Ej. I wouldnt dare to tell him.
I wouldnt dare tell him.
Sin embargo despus de darent o dare not hay que poner el infinitivo sin to.
Ej. I darent tell him what happened.
Despus de ask, decide, know, remember, forget, explain, learn, understand
Wonder podemos encontrar Wh + to.
Ej. Have you decided where to go for your holiday?
We asked how to get to the station.
Do you understand what to do?
(ex.U53&54)

V + (Complemento) + to
I want ( you ) to
Want
Ask
Help
Would like
Would prefer

expect
Beg
Mean (tener la intencin)
would love
would hate

Ej. We expected to be late

We expected Tom to be late
He doesnt want to know
He doesnt want anybody to know.

Hay que tener cuidado con want. Para decir quiero que... no se puede poner I
want that, sino want seguido del complemento y el infinitivo con to.
Ej. Do you want me to go with you?
(Quieres que vaya contigo?)
Help puede ir seguido de un infinitivo con o sin to.
Ej. Can you help me to move this table?
Can you help me move this table?

V + Complemento + to
Los siguientes verbos siempre van seguidos de un complemento y un infinitivo con to.

Tell
Order
Warn
Force
Remind

enable
persuade
teach
invite

Ej. Can you remind me to phone Ann tomorrow?

Jim warned me not to touch the switch.

Con los siguientes verbos:

Advise
Encourage
Permit

recommend
allow
forbid

Hay dos posibles estructuras:

V + -ing (sin complemento)
Ej. I wouldnt recommend staying in that hotel
She doesnt allow smoking in the house

V + complemento + to
Ej. I wouldnt recommend anybody to stay in that hotel
She doesnt allow us to smoke in the house

Let y make van seguidos de complemento + infinivo sin to.

Ej. They made Sally open her case
Hot weather makes me feel tired
Her parents didnt let her go out alone
Let me carry your bag for you

La pasiva de let es be allowed to:

Ej.: They let her go out at night
She was allowed to go out at night.

La pasiva de make + complemento + verbo pasara a ser: make + complemento

+ to
Ej.: They made Sally open her case
Sally was made to open her case

V + INF. con TO / V-ing

Algunos verbos pueden ir seguios por ing o to con diferencia de significado.
REMEMBER:
Usamos remember + V-ing cuando hicimos algo y ahora lo recordamos. ( = recuerdas
algo despus de haberlo hecho)
Ej. Im absolutely sure I locked the door. I clearly remember locking it ( = la
cerr y ahora me acuerdo).
Usamos remember + inf. con to cuando nos acordamos de que tenamos que hacer algo
y luego lo hacemos (primero lo recuerdas y despus lo haces)
Ej.: Please, remember to post the letter. (Por favor, recuerda echar la carta)
I remembered to lock the door ( me acord de cerrar la puerta).
REGRET:
Regret + V-ing = hice algo de lo que ahora me arrepiento.
Ej.: I regret saying what I said (lamendo decir lo que dije)
Regret to say / to tell you / to inform you = siento tener que decir, tener que
informaros
Ej.: We regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you the job (lamentamos
informaros de que no podemos ofreceros el trabajo).
GO ON (Continuar)
Se utiliza Go on + V-ing cuandoo continuamos haciendo la misma cosa.

Ej. We cant go on living like this ( no podemos continuar viviendo as)

Se utiliza Go on + Inf. con to cuando hacemos o decimos algo nuevo
Ej.: After discussing the economy, the minister went on to talk about foreign
policy. (despus de hablar de economa el ministro pas a hablar de poltica exterior)

Los verbos BEGIN, START, INTEND, CONTINUE, BOTHER pueden ir seguidos

de ing o de infinitivo con to sin diferencia de significado.
Ej . It has started raining (ha empezado a llover)
It has started to rain (ha empezado a llover)
Sin embargo la regla es que no se utiliza ing despus de otro verbo acabado en ing.
Ej. Its starting to rain (no raining)

TRY:
Se utiliza try + infinitivo con to cuando intentamos algo haciendo un esfuerzo.
Ej.: I was very tired. I tried to keep my eyes open but I couldnt
Se utiliza try + V-ing cuando hacemos algo como una prueba o un experimento.
Ej.: A: The photocopier doesnt work
B: Try pressing the green button (prueba a darle al botn verde a ver si
funciona).
NEED:
Need + infinitivo con to se utiliza para decir que es necesario hacer algo:
Ej.: He needs to study harder (necesita estudiar ms)
Need + V-ing tiene un significado pasivo ( = algo necesita ser hecho)
Ej.: My jacket needs cleaning = my jacket needs to be cleaned (mi chaqueta
necesita ser limpiada).
The batteries need changing = The batteries need to be changed ( las pilas
necesitan ser cambiadas).

LIKE:
Love y Like pueden ir seguido de infinitivo con to o de V-ing.
Ej. I like getting up early
I like to get up early.
En ingles britnico hay a veces diferencia de significado:
Like + V-ing indica que te gusta, que disfrutas al hacer algo.
Ej. I like cooking = I enjoy cooking

Like + Inf. con to no implica que te guste hacer algo, sino que piensas que est bien o
es una buena idea hacerlo:
Ej. I like to go to the dentist once a year (= no disfruto, pero creo que es una
buena idea hacerlo)
Hay que recordar que would love y would like van siempre seguidos de inf. con to. Ej:
I would like to play tennis today.