LISTADOS DE VERBOS SELECTIVIDAD

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LISTADOS DE VERBOS

1. Combinaciones habituales de verbo + adverbio o verbo + preposición, incluyendo ‘phrasal
verbs’ (sólo en sus significados más básicos y habituales).
Aparte de conocer, en el caso de los phrasal verbs transitivos, las reglas de colocación del
objeto directo nominal o pronominal (I put the coat on, I put it on, I put on the coat, pero no
*I put on it), los alumnos deben conocer activamente los significados más básicos y
habituales de los verbos y combinaciones que se relacionan a continuación:


accuse of
ask for
apply for
arrest for
belong to
break down
break into
break up
bring up
care for
call back
call off
call on
carry on
carry out
check in / out
come across
come apart
come back
come down
come off
come round
congratulate on
deal with
depend on
do away with,
dream of / about
feel like
fight for / against
fill in / out (a form)
find out
get along with
get away with
get back
get down
get in
get on / off (bus, train)
get on well with
get over
get together
get up
give back
give up
go ahead
go back
go into
go on
go out
go up
grow up
hang up
hold up
insist on
keep away from
keep on
keep off
laugh at
leave out
let down
listen to
look after
look at
look down on
look for
look forward to
look up to (somebody)
look into
look like
look out
look up
make up
pay back
pay for
pick out
pick up
pull up (‘stop’)
put away
put down
put off (‘postpone’)
put on
put out
put up with
refer to
rely on
retire from
ring up
run away from
run into
run out of
run over
set out
set up
sit down
stand for
stand out
stand up
switch on / off
take after
take apart
take away
take back
take off
take out
take over
take up
take care of
think of / about
throw out
try on
turn back
turn into
turn up / down
turn on / off
wait for
work on
write down

2. Verbos que rigen infinitivo y/o -ing.

2.1. Verbos seguidos de infinitivo.
a) Infinitivo con to:
advise
agree
allow (esp. be allowed to)
ask
choose
decide
expect
fail
happen
hesitate
hope
learn
manage
offer
order
prepare
promise
prove
refuse
seem
swear
teach
tell
want
warn
would like
wish
b) Infinitivo sin to:
had rather / sooner, help, let, make, hear, see y otros verbos de percepción.

2.2. Verbos seguidos de –ing.
avoid
can’t / couldn’t help
can’t / couldn’t stand
consider
deny
detest
dislike
enjoy
forgive
keep (‘continue’)
look forward to
give up
(don’t) mind
miss
pardon
resist
suggest
understand
En general detrás de verbos que indican gustos o preferencias o lo contrario.

2.3. Verbos seguidos de infinitivo o -ing.
begin, cease, continue, finish, forget, go on, hate, love, like, plan, prefer, regret, remember,
start, stop, try.
Hay que tener en cuenta los casos en que se produce un cambio de significado del verbo
principal, según vaya seguido de infinitivo o gerundio. Esta distinción no será exigible
cuando sea simplemente de matiz (I like to work at home / I like working at home).

2.4. Estructuras no verbales que requieren infinitivo con to:
- indefinidos: something / somewhere / anything, etc. (something to do).
- ciertos adjetivos: sad, easy, difficult, etc. (difficult to see)
- en interrogativas indirectas: where,how, etc. (Tell me how to do that).

2.5. Estructuras no verbales que requieren -ing:
- las preposiciones: after going.
- la expresión it´s no use (waiting for so long)