Pokiaľ je predložka nasledovaná slovesom, tak toto sloveso musí mať príponu –ing:


 

 

 

 

 

predložka

 

sloveso s -ing


 

Are you interested

 

in

 

working

 

for us?

 

 

I´m not very good

 

at

 

learning

 

languages.

 

 

Sue must be fed up

 

with

 

studying.


 

What are the advantages

 

of

 

having

 

a car?

 

 

Thanks very much

 

for

 

inviting

 

me to your party.

 

 

How

 

about

 

meeting

 

for lunch tomorrow?

 

 

Why don´t you go out

 

instead of

 

sitting

 

at home all the time?

 

 

Carol went to work

 

in spite of

 

feeling

 

ill.

 



 

Niekedy môžeme použiť pred slovesom s príponou –ing aj osobu:


I´m fed up with people telling me what to do.




Použitie slovesa s príponou –ing pri rôznych predložkách:


before and after


Before going out, I phoned Sarah.

What did you do after leaving school?



 

Avšak tieto predložky sa nemusia viazať na sloveso s príponou –ing:


Before I went out, I had phoned Sarah.

What did you do after you left school?



 

Keď chceme vysvetliť ako sa niečo deje používame predložku by + -ing


Príklady:


The burglars got into the house by breaking a window and climbing in.

You can improve your English by reading more.

She made herself ill by not eating properly.

Many accidents are caused by people driving too fast.



 

Všimnite si použitie záporu – medzi predložkou a slovesom s príponou –ing


predložka without + -ing


We ran ten kilometres without stopping.

It was a stupid thing to say. I said it without thinking.

I have enough problems of my own without having to worry about yours.




to + -ing


To býva často súčasťou neurčitku (to work, to play, ...)


We decided to go out.

Would you like to come?



To je však aj predložka:


We drove from London to Edinburgh.

I prefer tea to coffee.

Are you looking forward to the weekend?




Už sme si povedali, že keď predložka je nasledovaná slovesom, tak to sloveso musí mať príponu –ing. To platí aj o predložke to:


I prefer driving to travelling by train.

Are you looking forward to going on holiday?



Look forward to je frázové sloveso, ktoré sa skladá zo slovesa look, príslovky forward a predložky to. Preto je nasledované slovesom s príponou –ing.



Zopakujte si:
Uveďte príklady použitia predložky a slovesa s príponou –ing.
Ktorá predložka sa používa na vyjadrenie toho, ako sa niečo deje?

Použitá literatúra:
Murphy, R.: English Grammar in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2004