Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
• Give up • Admit
• Put off / postpone • Deny
• Finish • Suggest
• Continue / Go on • Avoid
• Carry on / Keep (on) • Miss
• Love • Imagine
• Hate • Risk
• Like • Involve
Dislike • It’s not worth...
• Enjoy • It’s no use/good...
• Mind
• Can’t stand
• Fancy
• Feel like
• Can’t help
EXAMPLES
• Do you feel like going to the theatre?
• Will you keep on trying to pass the driving
test?
• Toni admitted taking drugs. He admitted
having taken drugs.
• That car is not worth buying.
• It’s no use complaining.
VERB + TO + INFINITIVE
Examples:
• He asked (me) how to get to the station.
• I didn’t know what to do.
• I can’t remember how to play chess.
VERB + OBJECT + INFINITIVE
• want
• ask
• need me
• expect them
• would like you (not) to arrive late.
• would prefer him
• remind us
• warn
• tell
• order
• beg
–ING / INFINITIVE
NO CHANGE OF MEANING
• REGRET
I regret picking on him. I regret to inform you that…
(haberlo hecho) (tener que hacerlo)
• MEAN
This promotion means having I didn’t mean to hurt you.
more responsibility. (implica) (tener la intención)
• NEED
The car needs cleaning. You need to revise for the
(passive-ser limpiado) exam.
MORE USES
-ING
AFTER A PREPOSITION:
Examples:
• I am interested in learning languages.
• She ran 25 Km without stopping.
• I look forward to* hearing from you.
-ING
AFTER SOME CONNECTORS:
AFTER, BEFORE, WHILE, INSTEAD OF, IN
SPITE OF,….
Examples:
• In spite of being too tired, we got to the
top of the mountain.
• After breaking the window, the children
ran away.
-ING
AS A NOUN, ESPECIALLY THE
SUBJECT:
Example:
• Smoking is a terrible habit.
-ING
TO DESCRIBE A METHOD: (How…?)
Example:
• You can increase sales by lowering
prices.
(How can you increase sales?)
INFINITIVE
BE + ADJECT. + TO + INFINITIVE
Examples:
• They were anxious to begin.
• He is lucky to have such good friends.
INFINITIVE
NOUN + TO + INFINITIVE
Examples:
• It was a good decision to move to San
Francisco.
• They gave me their permission to film in
that church.
INFINITIVE
TOO + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB + INFINITIVE