B1.

Pronombres sujeto
Unit 7
Who y What pueden ser el sujeto de una pregunta. El orden de la
USOS DEL GERUNDIO Y EL frase es el siguiente.

INFINITIVO (TO)
Pronombre
verbo … ?
interrogativo
El gerundio (-ing) y el infinitivo (to + verb) se usan en los
siguientes casos. dinner
Who cooked Sonia did.
last night?
USO DEL GERUNDIO (-ING)
at the leisure The lights
What happened
centre? went out.
• Detrás de verbos que indican gustos y preferencias:
enjoy, like, love, can’t stand (no soportar), hate y prefer. Which film is best? Skyfall.
I can’t stand spending my leisure time in a mall. are My uncle's
Whose children on the picnic?
He prefers doing outdoor activities. coming children.
They enjoy going shopping. How many peo-
like fishing?
• Detrás de las preposiciones. ple
They’ve been thinking of watching less TV. How much cotton grows in the field?
Are you good at organising your free time?
• Cuando usamos un verbo como sujeto de la oración.
Pronombres objeto
Walking in the countryside is one of the most popular
leisure activities. Recuerda que para hacer estas preguntas debes seguir este
Eating out is an expensive way to enjoy your free time. orden.

USO DEL INFINITIVO (TO + VERB) Pronombre

Auxiliar Sujeto Verbo ... ?
interrogativo
• Detrás de verbos como: agree, decide, need, want,
Where did you go last night?
would like, expect, hope.
The government’s agreed to introduce more bank What is she doing tomorrow?
holidays.
Would you like to work fewer hours? When does the train arrive?
• Detrás de los adjetivos. Which book do you prefer?
It’s not easy to find a leisure activity which you can
enjoy for free. to the
Who will we invite
party?
Don’t you think it’s really boring to spend your
weekend at home? Which film did you see yesterday?

Fíjate Fíjate
Algunos verbos como like y prefer pueden ir seguidos Who are coming to the party? Sally and Robert.
tanto de verbo en -ing como de infinitivo con to. Who did you invite to the party? Oh, I invited many
I like going shopping. (Algo que disfruto haciendo.) people.
I like to go shopping for clothes twice a year. (Se indica What was on TV last night? A travel show was on.
cuándo apetece hacer algo.) What did you watch on TV last night? I watched a
I prefer eating healthy food / I prefer to eat healthy travel show.
food. (No cambia el significado.)
'S
STATE VERBS 1 Uso
Recuerda que en inglés existe un grupo de verbos que • Se utiliza para expresar posesión.
normalmente no se usan en tiempos continuos porque I decided to meet George’s sister at the station.
describen estados y no acciones (ver página 105). People’s musical taste has changed a lot in the last
years.
PRONOMBRES INTERROGATIVOS We may use my sister's country house to celebrate my
DE OBJETO Y SUJETO birthday.

Podemos hacer preguntas sobre quién o quiénes realizan
una acción (el sujeto de una oración) o sobre el objeto
de una acción (el objeto de una oración). En ambos
casos, se usan las mismas palabras interrogativas who,
what, which, whose, how much y how many, pero la
forma de hacer la pregunta cambia.
• Se usa también para referirnos a un lugar conocido. Se
omite el nombre de lugar y se utiliza solo ‘s.
I prefer staying at my sister’s (house) when I visit my
home town.
They enjoy eating at Di Maggio’s (restaurant) once a
month.
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2 Ortografía para añadir 's

• Sustantivos singulares añaden ‘s
I love doing exercise with Liam’s brother.
He doesn’t remember his boss’s name.
They had a party at Martin’s.

• Sustantivos plurales terminados en -s añaden solo ‘.

Most Americans’ free time is too little.
She always spends her Christmas holidays at her
grandparents’.

• Sustantivos plurales que no acaban en -s añaden ‘s.

Men’s hobbies are quite different from women’s.