GERUNDIO E INFINITIVO.

Existen verbos con los que se puede poner el gerundio (-‘ing’) o el infinitivo
con ‘to’.
En algunos, el significado de la combinación de los dos verbos cambiará al
poner infinitivo o gerundio.
STOP
- I stopped to have a beer.
Se interrumpe la actividad que se está haciendo para beber una cerveza.

- I have stopped drinking beer.

Se interrumpe la actividad (en este caso de beber cerveza).

REMEMBER Y FORGET
1. Remember to buy milk on your way home.
2. I remember kissing my first girlfriend.

1. I forgot to phone Dad on his birthday.

2. I’ll never forget seeing my wife for the first time. She looked beautiful.

1. Se refiere a recordar u olvidar cosas que tienes o tenías que hacer.

2. Se refiere a recordar u olvidar cosas que ocurrieron en el pasado.

REGRET
- We regret to inform you that your application for a loan of 5000 Euros has not been
accepted.
Normalmente se utiliza para comunicar malas noticias.
- Do you regret leaving school early and not going to university?
Lamentas cosas que ocurrieron en el pasado.

GO ON
- After winning the Kings Cup, Valencia went on to win the Champions League.
Expresa un cambio de actividad.
- They went on complaining about their holiday all evening.
Expresa que se continua realizando la misma actividad.
1.I’ll try your writing next lesson.
2. Why do you always forget things which are important to me,
but you always remember things which are important to you?
3. I regreT my camera with me to Thailand.
4. This flat needs to , it’s absolutely disgusting!
5. On the way to the shops this morning I stopped to Mrs.
Grimble whose dog died last week.
6. Do you remember that car when we were kids?
7. After the ceremony at the church we went on dinner in a
restaurant, and then a few of us went on at a club.
8. If the car won’t start, try it.
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9. If you stop , and sex you don’t live
longer, it just feels like it.
10. I regret you Mr. Smith that you only have 24 hours more to
live. I’m sorry, but I forget you yesterday!

Choose simple past or past continuous tense to complete the sentences.

1. She that I her while she was singing.

2. James off the stairs yesterday while I

dinner.

3. When the train , we with my friends.

4. When you first to this country, I as a

cashier.
5. The first time I saw you, yoU the guitar and BellA

our favorite song by the beach.

6. I you as soon as I the news.

Write the correct form of going to or will to complete the dialogue.

LAURA: What are you doing this weekend, Jan?

TANYA: I (see) a new play tomorrow at the Royal Court theater.

LAURA: Have you got the tickets yet?

TANYA: NO, I (get) them this afternoon, actually. Would you like to come?

LAURA: Oh, thank you, that would be nice.

TANYA: OK, I (get) you a ticket too.

LAURA: Great ... what time does it start?

TANYA: Eight o'clock, but we (all meet) in the Green Cafe at 7.15.

LAURA: OK, I (meet) you in the cafe, but, er...

I (be) there around 7.30.

TANYA: That's fine.

Fill in the following sentences by using for or since.

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 1. They have been living in Madrid 1972.

2. He has been in prison four years.

3. He has known about the fact a long time.

Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs in
parentheses.

. Hi, I (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2-3. Oh, yes. Alice (mention) you the other day. Gee, you

(not look) like a detective.

4. Well, that's good, I (guess).

5-6. I'm curious. Tell me, how you (decide) to become

an undercover cop?

7-12. Well, when I (be) a kid, I (love) to read detective

novels. By the time I (be) ten, I (read) every book

in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I (want) to

go into law enforcement.

13. But according to Alice, you (attend) law school

nowadays.
 14-18. Right. I (get) married last month. I (not mind)

being on the police force when I (be) single, but ever since I

(meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do

something less dangerous.

19-21. I (understand). By the way, you

(have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

22-24. Well, I (follow) them for more than a month now, but

so far I (not be able to) catch them in the act.

Sometimes I (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have

my law degree and I'll be defending them!

Completa las frases con la forma correcta del verbo que se encuentra
entre paréntesis dependiendo del tipo de condicional que sea (tipo I, II
o III).

1. If he (not come) early today, I won´t wait for him.

2. I (go) to Bahamas if I get much money.

3. If you see her, (tell) her to come.

4. What will you do if you (lose) your passport?

5. Stay at home if you (not want) to come.

6. If you (pass) your driving exam, you (drive) to Wales last
summer.

7. If you (not water) the flowers, they (die).

Complete the sentences using future continuous or future perfect:

1. This time next year, I (celebrate) because I will

have bought my new house. I'm so excited.

2. you (work) at the office this weekend?

3. I (go) back in London by next Saturday.

4. I (help) you with your project tomorrow at three

o'clock.

5. By next year, I (sell) my old car and I will purchase a

new one.

6. Don't disturb Steve now. He (have) lunch now!

7. The thieves (steal) everything by the time the police

arrives.

COMPLETA CON LA PASIVA.

1) The police catch a lot of criminals in London.

A lot of criminals in London.

2) The gardener waters the flowers every day.

The flowers every day.

3) We always leave our boots by the door.

Our boots by the door.

4) You switch on the machine at the wall.

 The machine at the wall.

5) They don't rent cars there.

Cars there.

6) Somebody follows me home every evening.

Every evening home.

Complete the senteces using relative pronouns:

1. George, father is a doctor, is a nice boy.

2. This is the animal John saw last week. (El relativo puede
omitirse)

3. He is the boy broke the window.

4. I don’t understand the reason he got so angry.

5. you say is false. I strongly disagree.

6. That is the school Andrew works.

7. Mary, was eighteen yesterday, is one of my best

friends. (Nunca podría ser THAT, porque THAT no se puede poner
después de coma. Es una regla).

8. The table, you broke yesterday, was bought by my

grandmother. (Nunca podría ser THAT, porque THAT no se puede
poner después de coma. Es una regla).

9. I don’t understand you say. Could you repeat it?

Complete the sentences using modal verbs:

1. You listen to your parents. They want the best for you.

2. The weather forecast says it rain tomorrow morning.

3. Sarah play basketball better three years ago.

4. Danger! You touch the lamp post.

5. Susan play chess really well.

6. She do her homework for tomorrow. It's compulsory!

Choose the correct answer for each question.

If I had gone to the sales, I'm sure I .............. have bought something.

A. ? might

B. ? should

C. ? would

D. Claire was very upset you didn't go to her birthday party.

You .............. have gone.

A. ? might

B. ? should

C. ? would

E. The lights are out. They .............. have gone to sleep.

A. ? might

B. ? should
 C. ? would

F. We .............. have invited Dave to the party if we had known he

was in town.

A. ? might

B. ? should

C. ? would

G. You .............. have come to the pub on Saturday. We had a

great time.

A. ? might

B. ? should

C. ? would

H. She .............. have changed her mind. I'm not sure. (to change)

A. ? might

B. ? should

C. ? would

I. You .............. have spent so much money on CDs. You'll have

problems getting to the end of the month now.

A. ? might

B. ? should
 C. ? shouldn't

J. She told me she .............. have emailed you if you had given her
your address.

A. ? might

B. ? should

C. ? would

K. He's really shy. You .............. have told him you liked him.

A. ? might

B. ? should

C. ? would

L. She .............. have said yes to a date. You never know.

A. ? might

B. ? should

C. ? would