18 Nov Verb Patterns: verb + to + infinitive
En nuestro post anterior aprendimos que hay algunos verbos que son utilizados con el sufijo -ing. Hoy aprenderemos que hay otros que normalmente son seguidos por el infinitivo con to. A pesar de que son muchos los verbos que siguen esta estructura, hoy sólo estudiaremos los principales, que hacen referencia con una necesidad, expectativa o esperanza, tal como lo estudiaremos a continuación:
Una decisión
| Plan to | We plan to go on holidays next year |
| Decide to | She decided to quit her job |
| Arrange to | Lena and her boss arranged to have the meeting next Monday morning |
| Manage to | Mark managed to invest on the highest technology devices even if they were expensive |
Una necesidad
| Want to | My parents didn’t want me to go to the party last night |
| Need to | I was sneezing so I needed to buy some tissues |
Una esperanza
| Expect to | Lisa expected her boyfriend to propose to her. |
| Hope to | I hope to find a new job soon |
Aquí te dejamos algunos ejercicios para que practiques los patrones verbales tanto con gerundio como con infinitivo:
- Do you enjoy _____________ (shop)?
- What was the last thing you needed __________ (buy) for your home?
- What would you like___________ (get) for your home at the moment?
- Have you ever asked someone ____________ (buy) something expensive for you?
- Do you like ____________ (help) other people ____________ (choose) what to buy?
- Do you let other people __________ (buy) clothes for you?
- Did your parents use to make you __________ (wear) things you didn’t like?
- Do you prefer __________ (go) out to the shops, or would you rather _________ (do) your shopping on the Internet?
Answer Key:
- shopping
- to buy
- to get
- helping / to choose
- buy
- wear
- going / do
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