INFINITIVE FORMS AND FUNCTIONS

Infinitive as Subject
1. To measure the voltage is easy.
2. To carry out this research was extremely difficult.
3. To formulate this relationship will not be complicated.
4. To find the mass of electron was very important.
5. To include all aspects of physics in a single definition is impossible.
6. To measure this quantity precisely is necessary.
7. It is impossible to distinguish physics clearly from its nearest neighbors, the other physics sciences.
8. It was important to substitute the transformer that operated badly.
9. To study is to learn new facts.
10. To convert one unit to another in the MKS system means to shift a decimal point.
11. To use a computer means to improve the conditions of the experiment.
12. To adopt Einstein's ideas meant to change scientists’ convictions about the relationship between
matter and energy.

Infinitive as Adverbial Modifier

1. A transformer is used to transfer energy.
2. We study English in order to read books on specialty.
3. To express this quantity we carried out many experiments.
4. In order to improve the accuracy of the experiment you should use up-to-date equipment.
5. To compare different transformers you must know their construction.
6. His invention is sufficiently important to be discussed now.
7. This idea is too complicated to understand it.
8. Your description was too complicated to understand it.
9. This definition was precise enough to be used in our work.
10. Their classification is not orderly enough to be used.
11. His measurements are not precise enough to rely on them.
12. This definition is sufficiently important to be repeated.
13. This equipment is too complicated to be used in our work.

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1. Замерить напряжение несложно.
2. Провести это исследование было крайне сложно.
3. Сформулировать это соотношение не составит труда.
4. Очень важно было найти массу электрона.
5. Свести все аспекты физики в одно определение невозможно.
6. Необходимо точно измерить это количество.
7. Невозможно четко отличить физику от ближайших соседей,
других физических наук.
8. Важно было заменить плохо работающий трансформатор.
9. Учиться - значит узнавать новые факты.
10. Преобразование одной единицы в другую в системе MKS
означает сдвиг десятичной точки.
11. Использовать компьютер - значит улучшить условия
эксперимента.
12. Принять идеи Эйнштейна означало изменить убеждения ученых
о взаимосвязи между материей и энергией.

1. Трансформатор используется для передачи энергии.

2. Мы изучаем английский язык, чтобы читать книги по
специальности.
3. Чтобы выразить эту величину, мы провели множество
экспериментов.
4. Для повышения точности эксперимента необходимо
использовать современное оборудование.
5. Чтобы сравнить разные трансформаторы, вы должны знать их
конструкцию.
6.6 Его изобретение достаточно важно, чтобы обсуждать его сейчас.
7. Эта идея слишком сложна, чтобы ее понять.
8. Ваше описание было слишком сложным, чтобы его понять.
9. Это определение было достаточно точным, чтобы его можно
было использовать в нашей работе.
10. Их классификация недостаточно упорядочена для
использования.
11. Его измерения недостаточно точны, чтобы полагаться на них.
12. Это определение достаточно важно, чтобы его повторить.
13. Это оборудование слишком сложное для использования в нашей
работе.
Infinitive as Subject and Adverbial Modifier
1. To translate this text you should use a dictionary.
2. To translate this text is not difficult.
3. To define this relationship was very difficult.
4. To define this relationship you must know physics well.
5. To use this equipment in the experiment will be important.
6. To use this equipment you must know how it operates.
7. To improve the accuracy of the measurements was necessary.
8. To improve the accuracy of the measurements we used a computer.
9. To increase the voltage you should use a step-up transformer.
10. To measure these quantities precisely was complicated.
11. To attempt to find order in his measurements was impossible.
12. To devote a lot of space to the development of this relationship is impossible.

Infinitive as Compound Predicate

1. His task is to measure this quantity.
2. Our object was to measure these quantities precisely.
3. Their purpose will be to express these relationships as precisely as possible.
4. His aim was to study the least complex aspects of nature.
5. Our purpose was to formulate mathematical relationships among certain physical quantities.
6. Their task was to formulate such concepts as heat, sound and light.
7. Her object was to develop new ideas pertinent to biophysics.
8. His wish was to invent a new method of research.
9. It is necessary to improve the measurements. One way is to use up-to-date equipment.
10. You should enrich your knowledge of subject. One way is to consult an encyclopedia.
11. He used a computer in his experiments. The effect was to improve the results of the measurements.
12. Use the latest achievements of science in your research. The effect will be to improve your results.
13. By international agreement a new measure of standard meter was chosen. The old method was to
define the standard meter in terms of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator. The new
method is to define it by a platinum-alloy bar.

Infinitive as Complex Predicate

1. These relationships are to be formulated later.
2. He was to describe these measurements in his work.
3. These quantities were to be measured in the experiment.
4. The relationship is to be developed precisely.
5. These aspects of the problems are to be involved in the development.
6. We are to measure this quantity very precisely.
7. They are to speak about this invention at the seminar. 7
8. We were to discuss this invention at the lesson.
9. He is to describe the latest developments in chemistry.
10. You are to define the subject matter of physics as concisely as possible.
1 I. These developments are to be referred to.
12. Who is to make a report at the next seminar?
13. You are not to include the development of this idea in your work because it is not pertinent to the
subject matter of your studies.
14. In addition to this general classification you are to include the new formulation in the last paragraph.
15. First- and second-year students are to spend a lot of time in the Institute laboratories.
16. Precise definition of this quantity is to be insisted on.
17. We could devote little space to the development of this idea. Thus we had to describe it concisely.
Infinitive as Compound and Complex Predicate
1. We are to translate this text without a dictionary.
2. Our task was to translate this text without a dictionary.
3. The physicist is to speak about his new invention.
4. We are to discuss the relationship among certain aspects of physics.
5. His purpose was to measure some fundamental physical quantities.
6. The object of their experiment was to define the relationship between these two quantities.
7. We are to compare these quantities in our experiment.
8. The experiment is to be carried out in our laboratory.
9. The aim of the paper was to describe some new inventions.
10. Two general classifications are to be compared in our discussion.
11. We were to study fundamental physical relationships.
12. Our aim was to study some physical quantities.
13. His task will be to develop this particular aspect of atomic physics.
14. We are to rely on these measurements.
15. The task of physics is to study the most fundamental aspects of nature.

Infinitive as Attribute
1. The voltage to be supplied is low.
2. The current to be measured is small.
3. The body to be accelerated moves in a straight line.
4. The analysis to be made is very complicated.
5. The book to be illustrated was written by Dickens.
6. The examples to be given should be good enough.
7. The statement to be analysed was discussed many times.
8. The conditions to be improved require discussion.
9. The force to set this body in motion is muscular effort.
10. The principle to be analysed is significant.
11. The problem to be discussed is sufficiently important.
12. The law to be analysed was stated by Newton.
13. The case to be analysed was described in the previous paper.
14. The force to be removed is not directly discernible.
15. The speed to be reduced is not great.
16. The force of friction to be removed is great enough.
17. The laws to be stated are sufficiently complicated.
18. The object to be set in motion is at rest.
19. The results to be discussed are very precise.
20. The law to be stated by the students can be readily recalled.
21. The forces to act on the body will accelerate it.
22. He is the man to rely on.
23. This is the illustration to be used.
24. The law to be referred to was stated by Newton.
8 The method to be followed was discussed previously.
25.
26. The experiment to be followed by a discussion will be carried out in our laboratory.
27. The example to be referred to is important.
28. The problem to be dealt with was mentioned above.
29. The experiment to be referred to gave precise results.
30. There are many important examples of action-at-a-distance forces to be encountered in this book.
31. They were the last to make the measurements.
32. He was the last to measure the reduction in speed.
Newton was the first to epitomize the entire science of mechanics in the form of three laws.
The first scientist to recognize the importance of this relationship was Newton.

1. Напряжение питания низкое.

2. Измеряемый ток невелик.
3. Ускоряемое тело движется по прямой.
4. Анализ, который нужно сделать, очень сложен.
5. Иллюстрируемая книга была написана Диккенсом.
6. Приведенные примеры должны быть достаточно хороши.
7. Анализируемое утверждение обсуждалось много раз.
8. Условия, которые необходимо улучшить, требуют обсуждения.
9. Сила, приводящая это тело в движение, - это мышечное усилие.
10. Анализируемый принцип имеет большое значение.
11. Обсуждаемая проблема достаточно важна.
12. Анализируемый закон был сформулирован Ньютоном.
13. Анализируемый случай был описан в предыдущем документе.
14. Сила, которая должна быть удалена, непосредственно не различима.
15. Скорость, которую нужно уменьшить, невелика.
16. Сила трения, подлежащая удалению, достаточно велика.
17. Законы, подлежащие изложению, достаточно сложны.
18. Объект, который должен быть приведен в движение, находится в состоянии покоя.
19. Результаты, которые будут обсуждаться, очень точны.
20. Закон, который должен быть изложен учениками, можно легко вспомнить.
21. Силы, действующие на тело, ускорят его.
22. На него можно положиться.
23. Вот иллюстрация, которую следует использовать.
24. Закон, на который следует ссылаться, был сформулирован Ньютоном.
25. Метод, которому следует следовать, обсуждался ранее.
26. Эксперимент, за которым последует обсуждение, будет проведен в нашей лаборатории.
27. Пример, на который следует сослаться, важен.
28. Проблема, требующая решения, была упомянута выше.
29. Эксперимент, о котором пойдет речь, дал точные результаты.
30. В этой книге можно найти много важных примеров действия сил на расстоянии.
31. Они были последними, кто производил измерения.
32. Он был последним, кто измерил снижение скорости.
33. Ньютон был первым, кто воплотил всю науку механики в форме трех законов.
34. Первым ученым, признавшим важность этой связи, был Ньютон.
COMPLEX OBJECT
1. He wants us to consider this event.
2. We know this relationship to be expressed as follows: F-Cos0.
3. I expected this method to give important results.
4. They showed this condition to be necessary.
5. I believe the repetition of the measurements to be necessary.