Download Usos de gerundio y to

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Ejemplos
Problemas / Notas
Pon el gerundio:
1. Después de las
preposiciones.
2. Después de
algunos verbos.
3. Como el sujeto
de una frase.
She left without
Los verbos más frecuentes que solemos
kissing me. We’re encontrar con el gerundio son:
thinking of going to
Italy.
like, love, hate, enjoy, miss, feel like,
I enjoy eating out. mind, finish, risk, practise, put off, stop,
suggest, can’t help, fancy, admit, deny,
Do you mind
give up, imagine, keep (on), put off
givingme your
(postpone), spend time, can’t stand,
address?
delay, regret, avoid, consider, involve, go
Smoking is bad for on (=continue)
you. Skiing is
expensive
Pon 'to' + Infinitivo:
1. Para dar una
respuesta a la
pregunta ‘Why’
(¿por que?)
Why did you stop
working? - To
spendmore time
with my children.
2. Después de los
adjetivos
It’s not easy to
find a good man.
3. Después de
algunos verbos
I forgot to
phone the bank.
She needs to
see you urgently.
for spend
for to spend
Observa los ejemplos con el negativo ‘not
to’:
We hope not to be in the same flat next
year.
She decided not to get married.
Los verbos más frecuentes que solemos
encontrar con 'to' + infinitivo son:
would like, want, need, decide, hope,
arrange, expect, plan, forget, seem,
appear, wish, promise, offer, refuse,
learn, manage, afford, agree, fail, tend,
happen, mean, prepare, pretend,
threaten, attempt.
1. Completa los espacios de las frases siguientes con la forma correcta del
verbo (-ing o infinitivo con ‘to’). Sigue el ejemplo.
Ej.) Tonight I fancy
club. (go out)
1. I don’t enjoy
going out
to an expensive restaurant and then to a jazz
computers. (use)
2. The bank manager absolutely refused
3. Luis has decided
4. Don’t forget
his Porsche and
me any money. (lend)
a Ferrari. (sell / buy)
me when you get to the hotel. (phone)
5. I love
in Spain now, but I really miss
of English newspaper. (live / eat)
fish and chips out
6. I gave up
and
just depressed. (smoke / drink)
7. Would you like
8. I regret
out for a drink with me next Saturday night? (go)
that job in Nigeria. (not take)
9. Angeles hates
in the city. (drive)
10. Why do you keep on
11. If you happen
speak)
12. I feel like
spend)
1. using
2. to lend
3. to sell/to buy
4. to phone
5. living / eating
6. smoking / drinking
7. to go
8. not taking
9. driving
10. looking
11. to see / to speak
12. going / spending
alcohol last year. I don’t feel any healthier,
at me like that? (look)
Ruben, tell him I’d like
shopping and
with him. (see /
all my husband’s money! (go /