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To + Infinitivo:: Infinitive and Gerund After Verbs/expressions
To + Infinitivo:: Infinitive and Gerund After Verbs/expressions
Detrs de los siguientes verbos: afford: agree attempt tend intend pretend plan propose arrange prepare manage dare choose decide would like refuse fail learn offer help promise seem look threaten -hope -expect -want -wish -need
I cant afford to pay that house / I agreed to lend her some money / He attempted to reach it.
Cuando el verbo va seguido de un objeto (verbo+objeto+infinitivo) ask force persuade want -enable -help -remind -warn -expect -invite -teach(how) -would like -would prefer -order -tell
I asked Mary to come to the party /She has forced them to tell the truth / They persuaded me to do it
Detrs de adjetivos y adverbios ( Its interesting to learn languages) Detrs de it is/ was +adjetivo + of+ sustantivo/pronombre ( It was very kind of you to help the old lady) Detrs de adjetivo+for+objeto (It was very difficult for us to find out the truth) Con pronombres interrogativos ( excepto why) (I didnt know what to say) (Why do it now?)
Detrs de los verbos modales: can, could, must, should, would, may, might,
He made her write a long essay / She doesnt let me go out / Can you help me do the exercises? They could find the way / You should visit her
Los verbos con * podran ir seguidos de infinitivo Normalmente con expresiones como: cant help, cant stand, cant bear Siempre con expresiones como: its (not) worth, its no use, to be used to/to get used to
Its no use talking to her, she wont listen / They got used to driving on the left.
Detrs de una preposicin
i.e No smoking
-remember - forget
- regret - stop
- mean - try
El significado de estos verbos cambia en funcin de que les sigan infinitivos o gerundios. Los verbos de percepcin SEE HEAR FEEL SMELL WATCH tambin pueden ir seguidos de objeto + Infinitivo sin to o de objeto +ing A continuacin podis estudiar los apuntes tomados de la pgina: fundacionloyola.org, de la cual he tomado ejemplos y algunas notas para elaborar los apuntes anteriores.
1. FORGET + TO + INF= se refiere a acciones futuras i.e Dont forget to feed the cat
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