Verb patterns

“I stopped smoking” or “I stopped to smoke”?: I stopped to talk or I stopped talking? What is the difference in meaning? In this lesson, we will look at the verb to stop and when it should be followed by a gerund or an infinitive. The meaning of I stopped to smoke and I stopped smoking is very different. Watch this video and find out what the difference is.

Cuando hay 2  verbos seguidos: hay que fijarse en el primer verbo.

Let Make Help	OBJETO+ INFINITIVO	You let her go You make me smile Help me study
Help Encourage Allow Expect Force Persuade Convince Teach Ask Pay	OBJETO+ TO INFINITIVO	Help me to study She encourages me to study Allow me to conclude I expect you to stay in He forces me to study He persuades me to study He convinces me to study He taught me to study He ask me to study 10 cities pay you to live there
Refuse (negarse) Need Manage Want Seem Plan Hope Forget Decide Pretend (finger) Continue Begin Prefer Start Love Like Hate	INFINITIVO + TO	He refuses to accept my advice I need to meet you We must manage to find a solution Something he wanted to do That seems to have been resolved I plan to make a trip I hope to make a trip I forgot to thank him I decide to make a trip I pretended to eat her ice cream Our love will continue to be The water began to boil They prefer to vote for him They start to learn English My mother loved to read and she taught me to love reading They don’t like to have our opinion I hate to say it, but…
Continue Begin Prefer Start Love Like Hate Resent (molestar, resentirse) End up (terminar) Enjoy Avoid Keep Regret Don’t mind Finish Miss	+ -ING (más británico)	He would like to continue studying English The students began working after the professor’s explanations He prefers acquiring information at his own pace It started raining as he was leaving the house They love reading but I don’t get to read as much as I would like I like dancing I hate dancing She resented having to spend so much time alone She ended up teaching English I enjoy teaching She avoids speaking to him He kept working until 6 o´clock She regretted hurting  his friend´s feelings I don’t mind getting my hands dirty I have to finish correcting this They miss living here
Can, will, might, could, would rather, should, had better

Verbos que cambian el significado:

STOP:   + TO INF à “parar para hacer” algo:

                                I can’t stop to gossip now. I stopped to smoke. (Paré a fumar)

              + -ing à “dejar de hacer” algo de modo definitivo:

                              He’s going to stop eating to lose weight. I stopped smoking (dejé de fumar)

REMEMBER: + TO INF à tomar nota para hacer algo en el future: 

                              Remember to leave clean your room

                       + -ing àrecordar algo que se hizo en el pasado: 

                             He remember getting grounded every weekend

TRY: + TO INF: hacer un esfuerzo para hacer algo difícil: 

                        I’ll try to do it better. I’m trying to find how this machine work

        + -ing: hacer algo para probar algo nuevo: 

                      Try closing all programs