Ejercicios

Completa las oraciones con un infinitivo con o sin to o un gerundio según

corresponda.

1. The boys say that it is very easy up that tree.

2. They hardly go nowadays.
3. Don’t let him so long.
4. When I was a child, we used my grandparents every week.
5. Are you used to up early?

Completa las oraciones conjugando los verbos entre paréntesis en infinitivo

con/sin to o en gerundio.

1. Last week my friends and I were busy (prepare) a surprise party

for our friend Judy.
2. She is very keen on (travel) and had been abroad for some time.
3. So why not (welcome) her on her return?
4. We asked her parents (give) us the keys to her apartment.
5. They liked our idea and offered (help) us.
6. When Judy arrived at the airport yesterday, she was a bit disappointed
about none of us (be) there and her parents pretended
not (know) anything.
7. But when she came home, she was happy (see) everybody
again.
8. Although she hates (speak) in front of many people, we made
her (tell) us about her time abroad
El infinitivo inglés va normalmente precedido de la partícula 'to':

To be / ser
To run / correr
To speak / hablar

El infinitivo expresa el significado del verbo de una manera general, sin referencia a tiempo
alguno.

Además del infinitivo simple, como 'to speak', también hay infinitivos progresivo ('to be speaking'),
perfectos ('to have spoken') y pasivos ('to be spoken')

USOS DEL INFINITIVO

- El infinitivo puede ser usado solo o como parte de una frase de infinitivo.

We began to run / Empezamos a correr

- Puede ser sujeto o complemento en una expresión u oración

To save money now seems impossible / Ahorrar ahora parece imposible

I'ts good to see you / Me alegro de verte
The worse thing is to panic / Lo peor es tener pánico

- Puede expresar un deber u obligación cuando sigue al verbo to be

You are not to smoke here / No debe fumar aquí

- Puede expresar un propósito o la razón por la que alguien hace algo.

He went to England to learn English / Fueron a Inglaterra a aprender inglés.

Craig went to the supermarket to buy some chocolate.
Craig fue al supermercado a comprar chocolate.
NOT ( for to buy / for buying / for buy )

- Puede ser el complemento u objeto de un verbo, nombre o adjectivo.

She wants to pay / Ella quiere pagar

His plan is to keep us in suspense / Su plan es mantenernos en suspense
I had the privilege to work with Mr. Taggart / Tuve el privilegio de trabajar con el señor
Taggart
I'm very pleased to meet you / Encantado de conocerle
Craig's very fortunate to have such good friends / Craig tiene mucha suerte de tener tan
buenos amigos

- Puede ser usado (sin 'to') después de 'do' o de un verbo modal auxiliar como 'must', 'may',
'might', etc.

Do you live alone? / ¿Vives solo?

I might go to the pub after dinner / Quizás vaya al pub después de la cena
- Hay verbos en inglés que pueden tener detrás el objeto y luego un verbo en infinitivo (con ‘to’).

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today we going to talk about the verbs in gerund and infinitive, It is important to know the rules of
the infinitive and gerund Because some verbs are used together.

INFINITIVE
Infinitive verbs are in basic form without conjugation. The verb in infinitive is preceded by the TO.
TO BE, TO RUN, TO TALK.

USE OF THE INFINITIVE

 The infinitive can be used as a subject or complement.

SEÑALA EL EJEMPLO.
(In this sentence the infinitive is the subject) (In this sentence the infinitive is the
COMPLEMENT.)

 The verb in infinitive is also used after an adjective, SEÑALA EL EJEMPLO.

 Infinitives are used after specific verbs (NEED, WANT, PLAN,LEARN WOULD LIKE) And
others
 Infinitives are also used when you have a reason or purpose.
 But we use the verb without TO after a modal verb.