Ambas formas sin que cambie mucho el significado.

Mind deny resist

- I’ll do the shopping when I’ve finished cleaning the flat.

- I don’t fancy going out this evening.

- I can’t imagine George riding a motor-bike.

- When I’m on holiday, I enjoy not having to get up early.

- Would you mind closing the door?

Go –ing (actividades físicas)

go shopping go swimming go skiing go fishing go riding etc.

_ PREPOSITION + -ING. Detrás de cualquier preposición deberemos usar

una forma –ING.

Are you interested in working for us?

I’m not very good at learning languages.

I’m fed up with studying

The children are excited about going on holiday.

What are the advantages of having a car?

John went to work in spite of feeling ill.

I bought a new bicycle instead of going on holiday

What did you do after leaving school?

_ SUBJECT, OBJECT OR COMPLEMENT OF A SENTENCE. La forma -ing a veces funciona como sujeto, objeto o complemento de una oración.

- Smoking is a terrible habit.

- Playing tennis in England is not expensive.

- I hate writing letters

TO INFINITIVE

_ VERB + TO INFINITIVE. Si los verbos de este recuadro van seguidos

de otro verbo (en español normalmente un infinitivo) en inglés deberá tomar la forma TO INFINITIVE.

Afford agree appear arrange ask attempt

Learn choose decide expect fail help

Hope intend Manage mean offer plan

Prepare pretend promise propose refuse seem

Want wish

- I can’t afford to go on holiday this summer.

- As it was late, we decided to take a taxi.

- How old were you when you learnt to drive (how to drive)?

- He pretended not to see me as he passed me in the street.

- You seem to have lost weight.

_ VERB + OBJECT + TO INFINITIVE. Después de estos verbos, normalmente se

Usa un objeto antes del infinitivo

Allow advise ask invite order permit

Persuade force recommend remind teach tell

Want wish

- He asked me to help him.

- I don’t want you to go.

- We invited Sue to have dinner with us.

_ VERB + QUESTION WORD+ TO INFINITIVE. Se puede usar una partícula

interrogativa después de ciertos verbos seguido de to infinitive (except why).

- I don’t know what to say.

- Do you know how to play chess?

- Somebody told me where to buy a ticket.

_ NOUN / PRONOUN / ADJECTIVE + TO INFINITIVE. Usamos to infinitive

después de nombres, pronombre y adjetivos.

- I’ve got some letters to write.

- Would you like something to read?

- I’m very pleased to see you.

- It isn’t easy to learn a foreign language.

INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO

_ MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS + INFINITIVE. Se usa infinitive without to después de verbos modales:

Will shall would should can could

May might must

- I must go now

- Can you help me?

Also the expressions: would rather, and had better.

- I’d rather go alone.

- You’d better see what she wants.

After ought, used, the to-infinitive is used.

_ OTHER VERBS + INFINITIVE. Certain verbs are followed by an object and

The infinitive without to.

Let/make + object + infinitive

- She lets her children stay up very late.

- I made them give me the money back

-ING FORM OR INFINITIVE

_ NO DIFFERENCE IN MEANING. Después de ciertos verbos se pueden usar

ambas formas sin que cambie mucho el significado.

Begin can’t bear *like *prefer *hate

*love start

- The baby began crying or The baby began to cry

- She prefers working or She prefers to work at night

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