Verbo "GET SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING"
Verbo "MAKE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING"
Verbo "NEED + -ING"
Verbo "To BE + INFINITIVO con TO"
Verbo "To DARE"
Verbo "To FEEL LIKE"
Verbo "To GET"
Verbo "To HAPPEN"
Verbo "To HELP"
Verbo "To LOOK"
Verbo "To MIND"
Verbo "To NEED"
Verbo "To SEEM"
Verbo "To SUGGEST"
Verbos IRREGULARES INGLESES
Verbos Principales AUXILIARES-MODALES
* MUST/NEED/CAN/MAY
Verbos que no se pueden utilizar en tiempos continuos
Verbos seguidos de INFINITIVO sin TO
Verbos seguidos de INFINITIVOS de Perfecto
Verbos seguidos de INFINITIVOS PASIVOS
Verbos seguidos de OBJETO + INFINITIVO con TO
Verbos seguidos de OBJETO + INFINITIVO sin TO o PARTICIPIO de Presente
Verbos seguidos por INFINITIVO o GERUNDIO con cambio de significado
Verbos seguidos por INFINITIVO o GERUNDIO sin cambio de significado
Verbos seguidos por HOW TO + INFINITIVO
Verbos "THINK/SUPPOSE/HOPE
Verbos y palabras que rigen preposición/es determinadas
VOZ PASIVA
Wh-words + INFINITIVO con TO
GET SOMEONE TO DO
SOMETHING
Get + Object + To-infinitive
significa persuadir a alguien,
convencer. Si el objeto es una cosa significa causar, provocar que esa cosa
suceda:
We
couldn´t get the car to move because of the mud.
They were determined to
get the Department of Environment to think again.
I got our new M.P. to
ask a question in the House.
MAKE SOMEONE DO
SOMETHING
Make
+ Object + Infinitive (sin TO)
tiene más el significado de imponer,
forzar, obligar que de persuadir:
Do
you think you can make the ministry change their minds?
Those people in Essex
managed to make them think again.
NEED
+ GERUNDIO (-ING)
Need
seguido de GERUNDIO tiene siempre significado pasivo:
I´m
afraid the flat needs doing up a bit.
Esta
estructura significa: IT IS/WAS NECESSARY + FOR + OBJECT + TO BE
DONE.
TO
BE + INFINITIVO con TO
n Sirve
para describir planes o acciones futuras. Va seguido de infinitivo de presente. Con esta misma
función puede emplearse el presente
contínuo o futuro contínuo. Pero
cuando los planes o acciones son pasadas no hay posible
alternativa:
In
the second week of the term they were to visit a car-factory in
Vigo
n También
puede describir planes que han fracasado o no se han llevado a cabo. En este
caso el verbo to be va seguido de infinitivo de
perfecto:
The
new car model was to have been out last month, but there was a
strike.
n Obligación:
particularmente cuando el hablante está repitiendo órdenes dichas por terceras
personas:
You
are to be back at the bus at 2 o´clock.
The
Verb “TO
DARE”
|
+
PERSONAL OBJECT |
+
INFINITIVE with TO |
+
INFINITIVE without TO |
|
I
dare you to go. |
I
dare to go. |
|
The
Verb “TO
FEEL LIKE”
|
+
NOUN This morning I feel like the
strongest man in the world. |
=
I feel that I am ... |
|
+
-ING This morning
I feel like walking. |
=
I want to walk. |
|
+
IT This
morning I´m not going to work because I don´t feel like
it. |
=
because I don´t want to. |
|
+
ANYTHING This morning I
don´t feel like anything. |
=I
don´t want to eat or drink anything.
|
The
Verb “TO
GET”
|
=
to obtain to receive |
I
got some tickets for the theatre. What
time do you get the mail every day? |
|
=
to become |
He
got very angry when the lawyer came. |
|
=
movement |
The
news got about that John had gone abroad. |
|
GET
INTO |
The
bad boy is always getting into trouble. |
|
GET
ON |
a)
I
always get on the bus here to get home. |
|
GET
OFF |
I
always get off the bus at the end of my journey. |
|
GET
OUT |
a)
The
teacher told the children to get out their books. |
|
GET
OVER |
I
had a grave (serious) illness but finally I got over it. |
|
GET
TO |
The
train gets to London at 3 o’clock. |
|
GET
UP |
I
get up at 7 o’clock every morning. |
|
GET
THROUGH |
a)
He
got through his work in three hours. |
The
Verb “TO
HAPPEN”
|
a)
HAPPEN
to somebody or
something What has happened to
John. A strange thing happened to
me. What has happened to my
pen? What has happened to this
radio? |
Where
is he? It´s
not here. It
doesn´t work. |
|
b)
HAPPEN
to
+ infinitive I happen to know the
answer. John happened to be
here. |
=
I know it by chance. =
John was there by chance. |
|
c)
As
it HAPPEN; Whatever HAPPENS As it happens, I know the
answer. You must tell the truth whatever
happens |
=
By chance, I know it. |
The
Verb “TO
HELP”
1.-
HELP SOMEONE (TO) INFINITIVE:
|
Arthur Mrs
Steele collect the dirty
glasses |
2.-
With the meaning of remedy, AVOID:
|
I cannot
(can´t) help coughing |
3.-
When HELP is needed in a emergengy:
|
Help! Yelled the trapped
children. |
4.-
HELP is frequently used in informal contexts:
|
Help your
mother; helpwith the housework;
|
The
Verb “TO
LOOK”
|
a)
To LOOK + adjective = to seem,
appear He looks
happy |
=
He seems happy. | ||
|
b)
To
LOOK LIKE + Noun = to resemble,
The soldier looked
like a boy |
to
have the appearance of =
He had the appearance of a boy. | ||
|
Look
here! Look
out! He
looked up He
looked down I
will look in on you I
looked away Look
at seek be
careful examine Look
up to Look
down on |
=
Look at this! Listen! =
Be careful! =
He raised his eyes. =
He dropped his eyes. =
I will visit you. =
I looked in another direction
Look
for your book! Look
out for the traffic. Look
into the problem! =
admire =
despise |
=
Mira! =
Cuidado! =
levantar =
bajar =
visitar =
desviar Look
at it! Look
for it! Look
out for it! Look
into it! Children
should look up to their parents. I
look down on liars. | |
The
Verb “TO
MIND”
1.-
To MIND = To LOOK AFTER:
|
I'll
mind the baby while you are out. |
2.-
To MIND = To BE CAREFUL:
|
Mind
that chair! Don´t fall over it! |
3.-
To MIND = To TAKE NOTICE:
|
Never
mind! It´s not important. |
4.-
Do you MIND ...? / Would you MIND ...?:
|
Do
you mind closing the window?
Would you mind closing the window? |
The
Verb “TO
NEED”
|
+NOUN |
+
INFINITIVE with TO |
+
INFINITIVE without TO |
|
I
need a friend. I
don´t need friends. Do
you need friends? |
I
need to go. I
do not need to go. Do
you need to go? |
I
need not (needn´t) go Need
you go? |
The
Verb “TO
SEEM”
1.-
SEEM TO / SEEM THAT ...
|
I
seem to be right. They
seemed to know
him. It
seems that I am
right. It
seemed that they knew
him
|
El
Verbo: TO
SUGGEST
Suggest
significa sugerir y se emplea para
hacer sugerencias. Tiene varias estructuras:
1)
Si
suggest va en presente puede ir
seguido por simple indicativo o that-should, es decir, por una oración
completiva con that:
Mr
Steele suggests (that) Arthur works
harder.
Mr
Steele suggests (that) Arthur should work harder.
2)
Si
suggest va en pasado solo puede ir
seguido por that-should o por gerundio (la forma -ing) que también puede ir precedida
por adjetivo posesivo, aunque existe también la forma coloquial que en vez de ir
precedida la forma -ing por adjetivo
posesivo puede ir precedia por pronombre
personal de complemento (aunque gramaticalmente es incorrecto):
Mr
Steele suggested Arthur should work harder.--> (forma literaria)
Mr
Steele suggested his working harder. --> (forma
standard)
Mr
Steele suggested him working harder. --> (forma coloquial)
She
suggested that they should meet at the cinema
She
suggested their meeting at the cinema.
She
suggested them meeting at the cinema.
VERBOS
IRREGULARES INGLESES
|
Infinitive |
Pasado |
Participio |
Significado: |
|
to
be |
was/were |
been |
ser
o estar |
|
to
bear |
bore |
borne/born |
soportar,
sufrir |
|
to
beat |
beat |
beaten |
golpear,
vencer |
|
to
become |
became |
become |
hacerse |
|
to
begin |
began |
begun |
empezar |
|
to
bend |
bent |
bent |
doblar,
torcer |
|
to
bite |
bit |
bitten |
morder |
|
to
bleed |
bled |
bled
|
sangrar |
|
to
blow |
blew |
blown |
soplar |
|
to
break |
broke |
broken |
romper |
|
to
bring |
brought |
brought |
traer |
|
to
build |
built |
built |
construir,
edificar |
|
to
burn |
burnt |
burnt |
quemar |
|
to
burst |
burst |
burst |
estallar,
reventar |
|
to
buy |
bought |
bought |
comprar |
|
to
catch |
caught |
caught |
coger,
atrapar |
|
to
choose |
chose |
chosen |
escoger,
elegir |
|
to
come |
came |
come |
venir |
|
to
cost |
cost |
cost |
costar |
|
to
cut |
cut |
cut |
cortar |
|
to
dig |
dug |
dug |
cavar |
|
to
do |
did |
done |
hacer |
|
to
draw |
drew |
drawn |
dibujar,
tirar de |
|
to
dream |
dreamt |
dreamt |
soñar |
|
to
drink |
drank |
drunk |
beber |
|
to
drive |
drove |
driven |
conducir |
|
to
eat |
ate |
eaten |
comer |
|
to
fall |
fell |
fallen |
caer, caerse |
|
to
feed |
fed |
fed |
alimentar,
dar de comer |
|
to
feel |
felt |
felt |
sentir,
palpar |
|
to
fight |
fought |
fought |
luchar |
|
to
find |
found |
found |
encontrar |
|
to
fly |
flew |
flown |
volar |
|
to
forbid |
forbade |
forbidden |
prohibir |
|
to
forgive |
forgave |
forgiven |
perdonar |
|
to
forget |
forgot |
forgotten |
olvidar |
|
to
freeze |
froze
|
frozen |
helar,
congelar |
|
to
get |
got |
got |
conseguir,
obtener |
|
to
give |
gave |
given |
dar |
|
to
go |
went |
gone |
ir |
|
to
grow |
grew |
grown |
crecer,
cultivar |
|
to
hang |
hung |
hung |
colgar |
|
to
have |
had |
had |
haber,
tener |
|
to
hear |
heard |
heard |
oir |
|
to
hide |
hid |
hidden
|
esconder |
|
to
hit |
hit |
hit |
pegar,
golpear |
|
to
hold |
held |
held |
sostener,
agarrar |
|
to
hurt |
hurt |
hurt |
herir |
|
to
kneel |
knelt |
knelt |
arrodillarse |
|
to
know |
knew |
known |
saber,
conocer |
|
to
lay |
laid |
laid |
poner
horizontal |
|
to
learn |
learnt |
learnt |
aprender |
|
to
leave |
left |
left |
abandonar,
salir, marchar |
|
to
lend |
lent |
lent |
prestar |
|
to
let |
let |
let |
permitir,
dejar, alquilar |
|
to
lie |
lay |
lain |
yacer,
tumbarse |
|
to
light |
lit
|
lit |
encender |
|
to
lose |
lost |
lost |
perder |
|
to
make |
made |
made |
hacer |
|
to
mean |
meant |
meant |
significar,
querer decir |
|
to
meet |
met |
met |
encont
rarse |
|
Infinitive |
Pasado |
Participio |
Significado: |
|
to
pay |
paid |
paid |
pagar |
|
to
put |
put |
put |
poner |
|
to
read |
read |
read
|
leer |
|
to
ride |
rode |
ridden |
cabalgar,
montar |
|
to
show |
showed |
shown |
mostrar,
enseñar |
|
to
shut |
shut |
shut |
cerrar |
|
to
sing |
sang |
sung |
cantar |
|
to
sit |
sit |
sit |
sentarse |
|
to
ring |
rang |
rung |
sonar,
timbrar |
|
to
rise |
rose |
risen |
levantarse,
salir sol |
|
to
run |
ran |
run |
correr |
|
to
say |
said |
said |
decir |
|
to
see |
saw |
seen |
ver |
|
to
seek |
sought |
sought |
buscar |
|
to
sell |
sold |
sold |
vender |
|
to
send |
sent |
sent |
enviar |
|
to
set |
set |
set |
establecer |
|
to
shake |
shook |
shaken |
agitar |
|
to
shine |
shone |
shone |
brillar |
|
to
shoot |
shot |
shot |
disparar |
|
to
sleep |
slept |
slept |
dormir |
|
to
slide |
slid |
slid |
deslizarse |
|
to
smell |
smelt |
smelt |
oler |
|
to
speak |
spoke |
spoken |
hablar |
|
to
spell(ed) |
spelt |
spelt |
deletrear |
|
to
spend |
spent |
spent |
gastar,
pasar el tiempo |
|
to
spin |
spun/span |
spun |
hacer
girar |
|
to
spit |
spat |
spat |
escupir |
|
to
spoil(led) |
spoilt |
spoilt |
desarramar,
estropear |
|
to
stand |
stood |
stood |
estar
de pié |
|
to
steal |
stole |
stolen |
robar |
|
to
stink |
stank/stunk |
stunk |
oler
mal |
|
to
strike |
struck |
struck |
golpear,
pegar |
|
to
swear |
swore |
sworn |
blasfemar |
|
to
sweep |
swept |
swept |
barrer |
|
to
swell |
swelled |
swollen |
hinchar |
|
to
swim |
swam |
swum |
nadar |
|
to
swing |
swang |
swung |
mecer,
balancear |
|
to
take |
took |
taken |
tomar,
llevar |
|
to
teach |
taught |
taught |
enseñar |
|
to
tear |
tore |
torn |
rasgar |
|
to
tell |
told |
told |
decir,
contar, ralatar |
|
to
think |
thought |
thought |
pensar,
creer |
|
to
throw |
threw |
thrown |
arrojar,
tirar |
|
to
tread |
trod |
trodden |
pisar |
|
to
undergo |
underwent |
undergone |
sufrir |
|
to
understand |
understood |
understood |
entender,
comprender |
|
to
undertake |
undertook |
undertaken |
emprender |
|
to
wake |
woke |
woken |
despertar |
|
to
wear |
wore |
worn |
llevar
puesto, usar |
|
to
win |
won |
won |
ganar |
|
to
wind |
wound |
wound |
dar
cuerda |
|
to
wring |
wrung |
wrung |
retorcer |
|
to
write |
wrote |
written |
escribir |
PRINCIPALES
VERBOS AUXILIARES MODALES o DEFECTIVOS
must;
can/could; may/might; will/would; shall/should; ought to; used to;
need/dare
(se denominan también semimodales, puesto que pueden ser modales o léxicos).
MUST
/ NEED / CAN / MAY
|
Presente/Futuro |
Pasado/Condicional |
Verbos
que suplen las deficiencias |
|
can |
could |
to
be able to |
|
may |
might |
to
be allowed/permitted |
|
must |
--- |
to
have to |
Must
en afirmativa implica OBLIGACION interna, es decir, impuesta por el que habla o
escribe, a diferencia de have to en
donde la OBLIGACIÓN es externa, ésta la imponen terceras personas o
circunstancias. También puede implicar DEDUCCIÓN, dependiendo del contexto.
Must
en negativa (Mustn´t) implica
PROHIBICIÓN. También dependiendo de contextos, puede implicar que es erroneo o
equivocado llevar a cabo ciertas acciones.
Needn´t
es la negativa de must como
obligación, por tanto indica ausencia de
obligación y se traduce por “no es
necesario”.
Can´t
es la negativa de must como
deducción. No se puede confundir la forma can´t con cannot, esta última solo puede ser
tomada como negativa de can
(poder).
Verbos
que no se pueden poner en “tiempos continuos”
La
siguientes verbos no se pueden poner en tiempos continuos, aunque algunos de
ellos se pueden encontrar en tiempos continuos pero con otro significado:
to
see* to like to trust to appear (seem) to hear
to think* to be* to smell to keep (continue) to wish
to believe to seem to notice to care to
expect*
to belong to contain to realize to recognize to
remember
to forget to refuse to forgive to understand to matter
to know to mind to mean to suppose to
concern
to want to possess to love to hate to
consist
to own to dislike to have* to feel (think)
Hay 5 verbos que si se pueden poner en tiempos
continuos:
n El
verbo to see: cuando tiene el
significado de visitar (visit,
meet):
Tomorrow
I´m seeing to my doctor
I
shall be seeing John tonight if you want me to give him the
message.
n To
think:
se puede utilizar en continuo cuando
no se da ni se pide opinión:
What
are you thinking about?
n To
be:
se puede emplear en continuo cuando
es “auxiliar” de tiempos continuos pasivos de los demas
verbos:
Many
buildings are being built in this street.
· También
cuando tiene el significado de comportarse (to
behave):
You
are being very silly!!!
n To
expect:
se puede utilizar en continuo cuando
es sinónimo de wait for (esperar
fisicamente, mientras que expect no
implica esperar físico):
I´m
expecting a telephone call from Ireland.
I´m
expecting a letter tomorrow.
n To
have:
se puede poner en continuo si es sinónimo de comer, recibir, tomar ... es decir,
cuando le acompañan palabras que son su complemento
directo:
Don´t
disturb, he´s having a rest.
They were having lunch when I arrived
Verbos
seguidos por INFINITIVO sin TO
Los
verbos seguidos por infinitivo sin to
son los verbos de los sentidos (percepción), los verbos to make (que toma infinitivo con to cuando se conjuga en pasiva) y
to let, el verbo to help (que puede ir seguido de
infinitivo con o sin to) y las locuciones verbales would rather/sooner y had better (que van casi siempre
contraidas con el pronombre personal sujeto: I´d rather/sooner, I´d
better).
Verbos
seguidos de INFINITIVO de PERFECTO
n Se
utiliza para referirse a algo que ya ha sucedido o se supone que habrá sucedido,
y se utiliza con los veerbos: appear,
expect, fail, hope, pretend, promise, seem, be supposed
to:
Galileo
is supposed to have invented the telescope.
Verbos
seguidos de INFINITIVOS PASIVOS
a)
En
la lista de verbos mencionada hay ciertos verbos que van seguidos de infinitivos
pasivos
Some
policiemen themselves would prefer to be armed.
b)
VERBO
+ OBJETO + INFINITIVO PASIVO con TO
They
wanted the car to be returned on Monday morning.
c)
ADJETIVO
+ INFINITIVO PASIVO con TO
I
was surprised not to be invited to the party.
Verbos
seguidos de Objeto + INFINITIVO con TO
Es
la construcción acusativa o de infinitivo, en dónde el objeto del verbo
principal es a su vez sujeto de
infinitivo (es la estructura procedente del infinitivo no concertado latino, donde
el sujeto del infinitivo va en caso acusativo):
Esta
estructura en inglés se da con verbos de voluntad, mandato, consejo etc... en
oraciones compuestas sustantivas en
función de Complemento Directo (donde nunca se puede hacer con completivas
de “THAT”
(that-clause))
to
advice to order to allow to
permit
to ask to prefer to expect to
teach
to forbide to tell to help to
warn
to invite to want
He told him
to come back the next day.
Do you want
me to help you?
Verbos
seguidos de OBJETO + INFINITIVO sin TO o PARTICIPIO DE
PRESENTE
Todos
los verbos de sensación: see, hear, feel, smell ... y los verbos
listen to y watch pueden ir seguidos de OBJETO + INFINITIVO o PARTICIPIO DE PRESENTE
(-ING):
I
have ever seen so many people all waiting to be served.
I have already heard him
tell some of those stories on TV.
Hay
una diferencia entre emplear infinitivo o participio de presente, especialmente
si la acción es corta. Sin embargo, el uso del infinitivo indica que la acción
está finalizada:
I
heard the Beatles play “Yesterday”
on the radio. (escuché
toda la canción)
I
heard the Beatles playing “Yesterday” on the radio. (puede
que no escuchara la canción
entera)
Verbos
seguidos de INFINITIVO o GERUNDIO con cambio de
significado
to
remember to forget to try to
stop
to regret to mean to
allow/permit
1)
To
REMEMBER:
n Va
seguido de gerundio cuando significa
“recordar algo que ya se ha hecho”,
es decir, cuando nos referimos al pasado:
I
remember seeing the Queen when I was 10 years old.
n Va
seguido de infinitivo cuando
significa “acordarse de que uno tiene
que hacer algo”, es decir, cuando nos referimos al
futuro:
I
must remember to go to the bank tomorrow.
n Este
verbo puede ir seguido de un completiva
de “that” (that-clause), cuando los sujetos de cada parte de la oración son
diferentes:
She
remembered that Arthur had forgotten to take his overcoat.
2)
To
FORGET:
n Tiene
el mismo cambio de significado que remember. Sin embargo, cuando va
seguido de gerundio puede colocarse
la preposición about:
Surely,
you haven´t forgotten (about) meeting her already.
I forgot that you asked
me to go to the bank.
3)
To
TRY:
n Seguido
por gerundio significa “experimentar, probar o hacer algo para ver que efecto
tiene”:
He
tried taking a couple of aspirins, but they didn´t have any
effect.
n Con
infinitivo significa “intentar”:
He
tried to do this exercise.
4)
To
STOP:
n Seguido
de gerundio significa “dejar de, parar de hacer algo (not
continue)”
Will
you please stop making that noise?
n Seguido
de infinitivo significa “parar de hacer lo que está en curso para hacer otra
cosa”
When
we got to the top of the hill we stopped to look at the
view.
5)
To
REGRET:
Significa “lamentarse en
general”
n Con
gerundio toma el significado de “sentir que uno ha hecho
algo”
I
don´t regret leaving my last job at all.
n Con
infinitivo significa “sentir que uno tenga que hacer
algo”
Dr
Newton regrets to say that that he cannot answer readers´
questions.
n Sin
embargo, este verbo a menudo va seguido de la completiva de “that” (that-clause) con
ambos significados:
I
don´t regret that I left my last job at all.
6)
To
MEAN:
n Con
gerundio significa “involve” (tener que ver con), usado
sólo impersonalmente:
Having
a bad-chest means going without cigarettes.
n Con
infinitivo significa “intentar”:
7)
To
ALLOW / To PERMIT:
Van seguidos de gerundio cuando la
persona o personas no son mencionadas. Por otra parte si se menciona la persona
o personas, entónces tienen que ir seguidos de infinitvo:
Don´t
allow smoking in class!
I don´t allow my
students to smoke in the classroom
Verbos
seguidos de INFINITIVO o GERUNDIO sin cambio de significado
to
begin to bother
(fastidiar) can´t bear to
continue
to love to hate to like to
prefer
to start
It started
snowing/to snow while we were on the train.
n Los
verbos: to like, to love, to hate y
to prefer tienen que ir sólo
seguidos por INFINITIVO con TO
cuando van conjugados en condicional
Would
you like to come to the cinema tonight or would you prefer to go to a solitary
place?
Verbos
seguidos por “HOW TO + TO-INFINITIVE”
Los
verbos son: ask, discover, explain, find
out, forget, remember, tell, understand, wonder:
Another student explained to Arthur how to register
Back to the TopTHINK
/ SUPPOSE / HOPE
I think so - creo que si I don´t think so - creo que no
I
suppose so - supongo que si I suppose not - supongo que
no
I hope so - espero que si I hope not - espero que
no
I´m afraid so - me temo que si I´m afraid not - me temo que
no
VERBS USED WITH
PREPOSITIONS
1.-
The following verbs are used without a preposition in English, but with
preposition in Spanish:
|
to
abuse |
Never
abuse friendship |
abusar
de |
|
to
approach |
He
approached the house |
acercarse
a |
|
to
attend |
I
attended the meeting |
asistir
a |
|
to
lack |
The
poor man lacked means |
carecer
de |
|
to
mock |
They
mocked me |
burlarse
de |
|
to
marry |
John
married Mary |
casarse
con |
|
to
stop |
He
stopped working |
dejar
de |
|
to
cease |
I
ceased working |
cesar
de |
|
to
finish |
He
finished working |
terminar
de |
|
to
begin |
He
began working |
empezar
a |
|
to
distrust |
I
distrust Michael |
desconfiar
de |
|
to
enjoy |
He
enjoys good health |
disfrutar
de |
|
to
doubt |
I
doubt his word |
dudar
de |
|
to
enter |
They
entered the shop |
entrar
en |
|
to
smoke |
He
smokes a pipe |
fumar
en |
|
to
play |
They
played football |
jugar
a |
|
to
ride |
I
like riding horses |
montar
a |
|
to
sound |
This
sounds hollow |
sonar
a |
2.-
The
following verbs are used with a preposition in English, but without a
preposition in Spanish:
|
to
ask for |
He
asked for a book |
pedir |
|
to
listen to |
They
listened to the radio |
escuchar |
|
to
hope for |
We
hoped for a fine day |
esperar |
|
to
look at |
She
looked at the picture |
mirar |
|
to
look for |
I
was looking for my watch |
buscar |
|
to
operate on |
They
operated on Mary |
operar |
|
to
pay for |
I
will pay for the ticket |
pagar |
|
to
point at |
He
pointed at me |
señalar |
|
to
search for |
He
searched for his papers |
buscar |
|
to
wait for |
I
was waiting for the bus |
esperar |
|
to
rob of |
They
robbed me of my watch |
robar |
|
to
steal from |
They
stole my watch from me |
robar |
|
to
remind of |
That
reminds me of England |
recordar |
3.-
The
following verbs are used with a preposition in English, but a different
preposition in Spanish:
|
to
buy from |
I
bought a book brom the bookseller |
Comprar
a |
|
to
congratulate on |
I
congratulated him on his success |
felicitar
por |
|
to
consist of |
All
consisted of doing it |
Consistir
en |
|
to
demand of |
They
demanded too much of John |
exigir
a |
|
to
depend on |
It
depends of the circumstances |
Depender
de |
|
to
fall into |
He
fell into the river |
caerse
en |
|
to
live on |
He
lives on charity |
vivir
de |
|
to
marvel at |
He
marvelled at the news |
Maravillarse
de |
|
to
play a trick on |
They
played a trick on John |
gastar
una broma a |
|
to
think of |
He
thought of his children |
pensar
en |
|
to
translate into |
Translate
this into English |
traducir
al |
|
to
dream of |
I
dreamt of you last night |
soñar
con |
|
to
smell of |
This
smells of soap |
oler
a |
|
to
taste of |
This
tastes of fish |
saber
a |
VERBS
FOLLOWED BY THE PREPOSITIONS: OF/FROM/IN/ON/TO/AT/FOR and
WITH
OF:
accuse, approve, assure, beware, boast (or ABOUT), complain (or ABOUT), consist,
convince (or ABOUT), cure, despair, dream (or ABOUT), expect (or FROM),
hear (or FROM), be/get rid, smell, suspect, taste, think (or ABOUT), tire(d),
warn (or AGAINST)
FROM:
borrow, defend (or AGAINST), demand (or OF), differ, dismiss, draw, emerge,
escape, excuse (or FOR), hinder, prevent, prohibit, protect (or AGAINST),
receive, separate, suffer
IN:
believe, delight, employ(ed), encourage, angage(d), experience(d), fail, help
(or WITH), include, indulge, instruct, interest(ed), invest, share, involve(d),
persist.
ON:
act, base(d), call, comment, concentrate, congratulate, consult (or ABOUT),
count, decide, depend, economize, embark, experiment, insist, live, rely, lean
(or AGAINST), operate, perform (or IN), write (or ABOUT), pride (oneself), vote
(ON a motion; FOR someone).
TO:
accustom(ed), amount, appeal, apply (or FOR), attach(ed), attend, belong,
challenge, compare (or WITH), condemn(ed), confess, consent, convert,
entittle(d), listen, mention, object, occur, prefer, react (or AGAINST),
respond, reply, see, submit, surrender, turn, yield.
AT:
amuse(d) (or BY), arrive (or IN), astonish(ed) (or BY), exclaim, glance, guess,
knock, look, point (or TO), shock(ed) (or BY), stare, work (or ON), surprise(d)
(or BY), wonder (or ABOUT).
FOR:
account, ask (or OF), act (or ON), apologize, blame, beg, call, charge,
exchange, hope, look, mistake, mourn, pay, prepare, provide, search, thank, vote
(or ON), wait (or ON).
WITH:
agree, begin, communicate, compare (or TO), complete (or AGAINST), comply,
confuse, contrast (or TO), cope, correspond, disgust(ed), finish, help (or IN),
interfere (or IN), mix, occupy(ied), part, please(d), quarrel (or ABOUT),
reason, satisfy(ied) (or BY), threaten(d).
WORDS FOLLOWED BY
FOR/WITH/OF/TO/AT/FROM/IN/ON and ABOUT
FOR:
eager, enough, famous, fit, gateful (or TO), qualified (or IN), sorry, ready (or
TO), responsible, sufficient, thankful (or TO), valid.
WITH:
angry (WITH someone; AT something), busy (or AT), consistent, content, familiar
(or TO), identical, patient, popular.
OF:
afraid, ahead, aware, capable, careful (or WITH), certain, conscious, envious,
fond, guilty, ignorant, independent, jealous, kind (or TO),
north/south/east/west, short, shy, sure, worthy.
TO:
close, contrary, cruel, dear, equal, faithful, fatal, harmful, inferior,
indifferent, liable, new, obedient, obvious, polite, previous, rude, similar,
sensitive, useful.
AT:
bad, clever, efficient, expert (or IN), good, indignant, quick, slow, sad (or
ABOUT), skilful (or IN).
FROM:
away, different, far, safe.
IN:
deficient, fortunate, honest, weak.
ON:
dependent, intent, keen.
ABOUT:
curious, doubtful (or OF), enthusiastic, relunctant (or TO), uneasy, right (or
IN).
This
section consists of a list of verbs, adjectives and particles with the
particular preposition
that usually follow them. The vebs list has been compiled
in the form of sentence examples.
The adjective and particle lists give a phrase
only:
LA
VOZ PASIVA
La Voz Pasiva en inglés se forma con
el verbo to be en el tiempo
correspondiente y el participio
pasado del verbo que se conjuga.
La
Voz Pasiva se emplea con mucha más frecuencia en inglés que en español: Su uso
nos permite colocar al principio de la oración, como sujeto, al complemento de
una oración activa para darle más realce, pues siempre es la primera palabra de
una frase la que mayor efectoppsicológico presente:
“Moll
Flanders”
was written by Henry Fielding.
En
este ejemplo nos ineteresa hacer notar el hecho de que “Moll Falnders”, y no
otro libro, fué escrito por Henry Fielding; por eso empleamos la voz pasiva: por
el contrario si quisieramos hablar de Hrmry Fielding
diríamos:
Henry
Fielllding wrote “Moll Flanders”
Como
en las oraciones pasivas el sujeto es el complemento directo de la oración
activa, solo los verbos transitivos se pueden poner en pasiva. Todos los tiempos
de la voz activa tienen sus correspondientes tiempos en la voz pasiva, aunque
algunos, los continuos sobre todo, se usan muy raramente.
He
gives ----------> He is given
He is giving ------>
He is being given
He will give ------>
He will be given
He has given ----> He
has been given
Transformaciones:
a)
Esta
es igual a la española, se da en las oraciones transitivas formadas por sujeto + verbo + complemento
directo:
C.D.
activo ----------------> Sujeto pasivo
Verbo
activo ----------------> Verbo pasivo
(en
el mismo tiempo)
Sujeto
activo ----------------> Complemento Agente (con
by)
Arthur
bought a book A book
was bought by Arthur.
b)
Se
da en las oraciones transitivas que aparte de llevar complemento directo, llevan
también complemento indirecto,
normalmente este complemento indirecto siempre es de persona, por lo que pasa a
ser sujeto en la pasiva:
C.ID.
activo ----------------> Sujeto pasivo
Verbo
activo ----------------> Verbo pasivo
(en
el mismo tiempo)
C.D.
activo ----------------> Queda igual (no
cambia)
Sujeto
activo ----------------> Complemento Agente (con
by)
Arthur
bought Mary a book Mary was
bought a book by Arthur.
c)
Se
da en las oraciones subordinadas sustantivas en función de complemento directo; es
tipicamente inglesa y sigue la siguiente estructura:
Sujeto
de
la subordinada Sujeto pasivo
Verbo
de
la principal Verbo pasivo
(en
el mismo tiempo)
Sujeto
de
la principal Complemento
Agente
de presente
(acción
simultanea o posterior)
Verbo
de
la subordinada Infinitivo con
to
de perfecto
(acción
anterior)
Act. They
expected that everyone attended Solidarity Services.
Pas.
Everyone was expected to attend
Solidariry Services.
d)
Es
la que coincide con la española en las oraciones subordinadas sustantivas
en función de complemento
directo, se hace poniendo en pasiva la oración principal dejando igual la
oración subordinada sustantiva, que es la fórmula que tenemos en español, y se
emplea principalmente con los verbos de dicción o pensamiento, que es forma de
traducir el morfema pasivo español se de la pasiva refleja. No obstante se
prefiere la transformación del apartado c) en inglés.
Act. They
say that Mary is the most beautiful girl in the school
Pas. It is said (by them) that Mary is the most beautiful girl in the school.
c)
Mary is said to be the most
beautiful girl in the school.
NOTA: Cuando el sujeto de la activa es un pronombre personal, pronombre indefinido o un sustantivo no limitado ni determinado no suele ponerse en inglés de Complemento Agente; sin embargo si es un nombre propio o un sustantivo determinado hay que ponerlo como Complemento Agente (con by) en la pasiva
Back to the TopWH-WORDS
+ TO-INFINITIVE
Se
emplean para hacer preguntas indirectas para pedir consejo o información de
algo:
Arthur
had no idea what to do with his artichoke.
If you don´t know where
to look, start with the book-case.
Tanto
“which” como “what” pueden funcionar también como
adjetivos interrogativos, es decir, pueden preceder a un
sustantivo:
Can
you tell me which bus to take?
Your teacher will advise
you what books to read.