Patrones verbales en B2

En B2 profundizamos en patrones más complejos: verbo + objeto + infinitivo, verbo + preposición + gerundio, y verbos de reporte con estructuras propias.

Verbo + to-infinitive

decide, agree, promise, refuse, manage, fail, hope, expect, seem

Verbo + gerundio (-ing)

enjoy, avoid, miss, deny, mind, suggest, finish, consider, imagine

Verbo + objeto + to-infinitive

tell, ask, want, advise, encourage, persuade, force, warn, remind

Verbo + objeto + bare infinitive

make, let, help (también posible con "to")

Verbo + preposición + gerundio

Patrón clave en B2: la preposición obliga al gerundio

accuse of + -ing

She accused him of lying.

apologise for + -ing

He apologised for being late.

insist on + -ing

She insisted on paying the bill.

succeed in + -ing

He succeeded in passing the exam.

prevent (someone) from + -ing

The rain prevented us from going.

look forward to + -ing

I look forward to hearing from you.

Verbos de reporte y sus patrones

Cada verbo de reporte tiene su propia estructura

admit + -ing

She admitted stealing the money.

deny + -ing

He denied taking the keys.

promise + to-inf

She promised to call.

refuse + to-inf

He refused to answer.

offer + to-inf

She offered to help.

threaten + to-inf

He threatened to leave.

suggest + -ing / that

She suggested going early. / She suggested that we leave early.

Patrones causativos: make / let / have / get

make + obj + bare inf

They made him apologise. (obligaron)

let + obj + bare inf

She let me leave early. (permitió)

have + obj + bare inf

I'll have someone fix it. (arreglaré que alguien lo haga)

get + obj + to-inf

I'll get him to help us. (convenceré)

have something done

I had my hair cut. (alguien me lo cortó)

Errores comunes

She accused him to lie.

→

She accused him of lying.

accuse + of + -ing

He admitted to steal the money.

→

He admitted stealing the money.

admit + -ing (no infinitivo)

She made me to apologise.

→

She made me apologise.

make + objeto + infinitivo sin to

I look forward to hear from you.

→

I look forward to hearing from you.

"to" = preposición → siempre -ing

Resumen

Patrones

verb + to / verb + -ing / verb + obj + to / verb + obj + bare

memorizar por verbo

Prep + -ing

accuse of, apologise for, insist on, succeed in

siempre -ing después de preposición

Reporte

admit/deny + -ing · promise/refuse + to-inf

she admitted stealing / promised to call

Causativo

make/let + bare · get + to · have + obj + done

made him go / had my hair cut

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