Verbos Seguidos de Gerundio

Question 1

Verbos Terminación Gerundio (ING)

Answer 1

Utilizamos verbos con terminación -ing, además de en los tiempos verbales continuos, en los
siguientes casos:
✓ Después de preposiciones
➢ I watched a documentary about running (vi un documental sobre correr)
➢ Remember to brush your teeth before going to bed (acuérdate de lavarte los
dientes antes de irte a la cama)
✓ Cuando el verbo es el sujeto de la oración
➢ Climbing is safer than it looks (escalar es más seguro de lo que parece)
➢ Smoking kills (fumar mata)
✓ En expresiones como:
• To look forward to
➢ I ́m looking forward to visiting you in January (estoy deseando visitarte
en Enero)
• To be used to / to be accustomed to
➢ I ́m used to / accustomed to waking up very early (estoy acostumbrado
a madrugar mucho)
• Can ́t help
➢ I can ́t help eating chocolate every night! (no puedo evitar comer
chocolate todas las noches)
• It ́s (not) worth
➢ It ́s worth going by walk, it ́s only 1 km (merece la pena ir andando, es
solo 1 km)
• Can ́t stand
➢ I can ́t stand watching my team when they play badly (no aguanto ver
a mi equipo cuando juega mal)
✓ Detrás de determinados verbos (ver lista)

Question 2

Admit: admitir

Answer 2

He admitted stealing the money

Question 3

Appreciate: apreciar

Answer 3

I appreciate having time off

Question 4

Avoid: evitar

Answer 4

Please avoid using the lift in case of fire

Question 5

Consider: considerar

Answer 5

Why don’t you consider studying a degree?

Question 6

Deny: negar

Answer 6

Deny: negar He denied having said that

Question 7

Enjoy: disfrutar

Answer 7

I really enjoyed watching that film

Question 8

Fancy: apetecer

Answer 8

Do you fancy going to the cinema?

Question 9

Finish: acabar

Answer 9

Have you finished cleaning your room?

Question 10

Imagine: imaginar

Answer 10

Can you imagine winnING the lottery?

Question 11

Keep: mantener, conservar

Answer 11

He keeps calling me every day

Question 12

Mind: importar

Answer 12

Do you mind closing the window?

Question 13

Miss: echar de menos

Answer 13

I miss havING time off

Question 14

Postpone: posponer

Answer 14

I need to postpone doING all the tasks

Question 15

Practise: practicar

Answer 15

Do you practise speakING English very often?

Question 16

Regret: arrepentirse

Answer 16

I regret not havING said everything I wanted

Question 17

Risk: arriesgar

Answer 17

I wouldn ́t risk leaving the door unlocked

Question 18

Suggest: sugerir

Answer 18

I suggest bookING the hotel as soon as possible

Question 19

Stop: parar

Answer 19

I ́ll stop smoking when you do

Question 20

Algunos verbos pueden ir seguidos tanto de -ing como de to + infinitivo sin cambiar el
significado, salvo si llevan “would” delante en cuyo caso habrá que poner “to + inf”

Answer 20

• Love: love playing – love to play
• Begin: begin working – I begin to work
• Continue: I continue doing – I continue to do
• Hate: hate cooking – hate to cook
• Prefer: prefer watching – prefer to watch
• Like: like swimming – like to swim
• Start: start running – start to run

Si cualquiera de estos verbos lleva “would”, habrá que poner “to + infinitivo”