Un repaso del gerundio, sus usos:
1.Es el sujeto de la frase. Eating out can be expensive
2.Como objeto: My brother enjoys fishing but he hates not catching anything.
3.Despues de ciertos verbos:
admit, appreciate,avoid,can’t help,consider,delay,deny,finish,forgive,give up,imagine,involve,keep,mind,postpone,put off,prevet,report,resist,risk,suggest
4.despues de preposiciones:
Despues de todas preposiciones menos to, to es seguido de infinitivo. ( looking foward to excepcion)
Despues de adjetivo + preposicion como:
nervous/worried about
bad/good/clever/skilled at ( capacitado para)
interested in
sorry/responsible for
bored with
capable/afraid/frightened/terrified of
Despues verbo + preposicion, combinaciones:
apologize for
arrest someone for
be/get used to
congratulate someone on
insist on
look foward to
object to
succed in
warn someone about ( advertir de, avisar de)
Comentario de alejandra el día Dic 26, 2008 | Responder 1
hi, i’m learning english and i have got a question: does “help” continued by infinitive or gerund?
Comentario de Pilar el día Dic 30, 2008 | Responder 2
Hello, It’s infinitive.
To help + infinitive
Can’t help + gerund