FOCUS ON GRAMMAR, Third Edition, Level 3

Internet Activity Student Worksheet

UNIT 29: INFINITIVES AFTER CERTAIN VERBS

We Can't Allow You To Do That
WEB ACTIVITY: Search the web for information about parent-adolescent relationships.

WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.parentingadolescents.com/pre-view-poll.html

PART ONE

1. Go to the website. Take the poll for either the parent or the teen, as you have been assigned.
If you don't have a teenage child, think of a teenage relative or friend. Look at the issues and
click on the appropriate boxes of the issues most important to you.

a. What are the three most difficult issues you have?

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

b. What are the two best things you have in the relationship?

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

2. Based on your responses to the poll, write about a parent/teen issue using as many of these
verbs as you can. Remember that these verbs will be followed by an infinitive.

advise him/her to refuse to

ask him/her to remind him/her to
begin to seem to
encourage him/her to tell him/her to
force him/her to try to
help him/her to urge him/her to
learn to want him/her to
need him/her to would like him/her to
promise to
Example:
My daughter Julia has a big problem with her attitude. I’m always telling her not to yell at
me or her father. Just last night I needed her to do the dishes and she refused to help. I
had to send her to her room.

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Internet Activity Student Worksheet

3. Pass your paragraph to another student. That student will be a counselor on parent/teen
relationships. He or she will write some advice for you on how to deal with your parents or
teenager.
Example:
It might help to write down some rules for Julia, such as chores she is expected to do.
Remind Julia to talk about her problems instead of yelling. That won't accomplish much.
It's difficult to force her to do anything, but if she sees a reward for good behavior she
might be motivated to show respect.

PART TWO

In small groups, read your paragraph and the counselor's advice. Notice which verbs are
followed by infinitives. How useful is the counselor's advice? Ask your classmates for their
advice or other suggestions on dealing with your problem parent or teenager.

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