VERBOS SEGUIDOS DE -ING, INFINITIVO CON TO, INFINITIVO SIN TO Y CON AMBOS

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

VERBS + -ING

admit can´t help* can´t stand carry on consider delay deny enjoy fancy finigh give up go on hate imagine involve

keep on like love mind miss postpone practise put off risk spend stop suggest

INFINITIVE WITH TO

agree to aim to appear to arrange to attempt to be able to can´t afford to can´t wait to claim to decide to deserve to expect to fail to forget to happen to have (got) to help to*

hope to learn to manage to need to* offer to plan to pretend to promise to refuse to remember to* seem to teach to tend to threaten to try to* want to would like to

INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO

can may might must sould had better would rather let make (except + passive: we were made to run in PE.)

GERUND or INFINITIVE WITH NO CHANGE OF MEANING

begin start continue intend bother NORMALLY: we do not use -ing after -ing: It´s starting to rain. It´s starting raining.

VERBS WITH -ING OR INFINITIVE WITH TO WITH CHANGE IN MEANING

REMEMBER + INFINITIVE → you remember first, then you do it. Remember to lock the door. Remember to post the letter. -ING → you do sth, then you remember it. I could remember driving along the road just before the accident.

FORGET + INFINITIVE → you didn´t remember to do sth. -ING → you did sth and you won´t forget it.

TRY INFINITIVE → make an effort to do sth. I tried to study the night before the test. -ING → experiment to see if sth works. Try looking for the keys in your pockets.

REGRET INFINITIVE → I´m sorry that I have to say/inform/tell... we regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you the job. -ING → I did it and now I´m sorry about it. I now regret saying what I said.

LISTADO DE VERBOS IRREGULARES

Aquí os dejo un listado de verbos irregulares, que os servirá para superar el nivel B1.

			IRREGULAR VERB LIST
BASE FORM (V1)			PAST. SIMPLE (V2)		PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)		CASTELLANO
be			was/were		been		ser, estar
beat			beat		beaten		golpear
become			became		become		llegar a ser, convertirse
begin			began		begun		empezar
bend			bent		bent		doblar(se)
bet			bet		bet		apostar
bite			bit		bitten		morder
bleed			bled		bled		sangrar
blow			blew		blow		soplar
break			broke		broken		romper
bring			brought		brought		traer
build			built		built		construir
burn			burnt/burned		burnt/burned		quemar
buy			bought		bought		comprar
catch			caught		caught		coger, agarrar
choose			chose		chosen		elegir
come			came		come		venir
cost			cost		cost		costar
cut			cut		cut		cortar
dig			dug		dug		cavar
do			did		done		hacer
draw			drew		drawn		dibujar
dream			dreamt/dreamed		dreamt/dreamed		soñar
drink			drank		drunk		beber
drive			drove		driven		conducir
eat			ate		eaten		comer
fall			fell		fallen		caer(se)
feed			fed		fed		alimentar
feel			felt		felt		sentir(se)
fight			fought		fought		luchar, pelear
find			found		found		encontrar
fly			flew		flown		volar
forget			forgot		forgotten		olvidar
forgive			forgave		forgiven		perdonar
freeze			froze		frozen		congelar(se)
get			got		got		conseguir, llegar
give			gave		given		dar
go			went		gone		ir
grow			grew		grown		crecer, cultivar
hang			hanged/hung		hanged/hung		colgar
have			had		had		tener, haber
hear			heard		heard		oir
hide			hid		hidden		esconder(se)
hit			hit		hit		golpear, pegar
hold			held		held		sujetar
hurt			hurt		hurt		herir, hacer daño, doler
keep			kept		kept		guardar, mantener
know			knew		known		saber, conocer
lay			laid		laid		poner, extender
lead			led		led		guiar, conducir
BASE FORM (V1)			PAST. SIMPLE (V2)		PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)		CASTELLANO
learn			learnt/learned		learnt/learned		aprender
leave			left		left		dejar, irse,salir
lend			lent		lent		prestar
let			let		let		permitir,dejar
lie			lay		lain		tumbarse, echarse
lie			lied		lied		mentir
light			lit		lit		encender
lose			lost		lost		perder
make			made		made		hacer, fabricar
mean			meant		meant		significar, querer decir
meet			met		met		conocer a, quedar con
pay			paid		paid		pagar
put			put		put		poner
read			read		read		leer
ride			rode		ridden		montar
ring			rang		rung		llamar (por teléfono)
rise			rose		risen		elevarse, alzarse
run			ran		run		correr
say			said		said		decir
see			saw		seen		ver
sell			sold		sold		vender
send			sent		sent		enviar
set			set		set		colocar
shake			shook		shaken		agitar
shine			shone		shone		brillar
shoot			shot		shot		disparar
show			showed		shown		mostrar, enseñar
shut			shut		shut		cerrar
sing			sang		sung		cantar
sink			sank		sunk		hundirse
sit			sat		sat		sentarse
sleep			slept		slept		dormir(se)
smell			smelt/smelled		smelt/smelled		oler
speak			spoke		spoken		hablar
spell			spelt/spelled		spelt/spelled		deletrear
spend			spent		spent		gastar, pasar tiempo	(tiempo)
stand			stood		stood		estar de pie
steal			stole		stolen		robar
stick			stuck		stuck		pegar
sweep			swept		swept		barrer
swim			swam		swum		nadar
take			took		taken		coger, llevar
teach			taught		taught		enseñar
tear			tore		torn		romper, desgarrar
tell			told		told		decir, contar
think			thought		thought		pensar
throw			threw		thrown		tirar, lanzar
understand			understood		understood		comprender, entender
wake up			woke up		woken up		despertar(se)
wear			wore		worn		llevar puesto, ponerse
win			won		won		ganar
write			wrote		written		escribir