Ing en inglés

Ing en inglés

Ing en inglés, ¿sabes cuándo lo utilizamos? Como casi todo, y digo ‘casi’ porque siempre hay excepciones, el ing en inglés tiene sus reglas.

I explained to you on a previous post the pattern regret + ing or to infinitive. Today I’ll explain the pattern of remember. First, do you know what I mean when I say «pattern»? It refers to the structure a verb needs to be used and formed. Different verb patterns we have in English:

– regret + ing or to infinitive

– remember + ing or to infinitive = this is the one explained on this post. 

– forget + ing or to infinitive

– try + ing or to infinitive

– imagine + ing

– afford + to infinitive

– risk + ing

– tend + to infinitive

– agree + to infinitive

– like, dislike, hate, love, enjoy and mind + ing

– Etc.

Let’s see remember today!

Remember has two different rules, like regret, as I told you on a previous post.

1. Remember + ing

Example: I remember going to the park with my granddad when I was a child.

Me gusta explicar esto de la siguiente manera para que el alumno lo entienda bien. Nos preguntamos: When do I remember? = now y When did I go to the park? = in the past. Tenemos por tanto present (now) y past, cuando esto ocurra, Remember + ing (el ing indica el pasado).

2. Remember + to infinitive

Example: Remember to lock the door when you leave.

Hacemos las preguntas de nuevo: When do I remember? = now y When should you lock the door? = later, when you leave. Tenemos entonces present y present,/futuro, por tanto, remember + to.

Si es negativo, simplemente añadimos not delante de -ing or to infinitive: Remember not to tell your dad the truth, he would get furious with you. 

EXERCISE

1.

A) I found the door unlocked. Did you lock it?

B) That’s impossible. I remember ________________ it when I left this morning (lock)

2. Remember  ________________ the letter as soon as possible. Your sister is waiting for it (post)

3. Did you remember  ________________ your mum we’re not going for dinner? (tell)

4. I remember  ________________ very hard when I was at university. I couldn’t do it now (study)

5. I remember my father  ________________ what degree to study when I was 18 years old (tell)

KEYS

1.

A) I found the door unlocked. Did you lock it?

B) That’s impossible. I remember __locking_____ it when I left this morning (lock)

2. Remember  __to post_________ the letter as soon as possible. Your sister is waiting for it (post)

3. Did you remember  __to tell___________ mum we’re not going for dinner? (tell)

4. I remember  ___studying_____________ very hard when I was at university. I couldn’t do it now (study)

5. I remember my father  ___telling________ what degree to study when I was 18 years old (tell)

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