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UNIT 7 The to-infinitive is use © to express purpose/reason 1 goto college to become s lawyer, (in order ws become) 1 nce €9 go 0 Albrook Mall fo buy some cloth © after certain adjectives (happy, glad, sorry, ete) She was happy win the price © after an adjective + noun when a comment or jud: being made: twas aad place to park the ca, © after certain nouns. Whar a surprise to se Infinitive of purpose aul and Sue went to @ bank — She wanted more money He worked harder They learnt a lot buy a new car. finish the work on time pass their exams. They wanted him kiss her. She asked me {90 out with her. We invited our aunt ‘make her happier. She sent for him explain everything, We use infinitive of purpose to explain WHY we do something, j Infinitives for reasons can be used with verbs in all tenses, as well as ACC Ag a to give a reason / purpose or to answer the question why. They're going to ae ORE aah BUN aR ee 2a CO ee Oe ee eae Oe Ce ea ae oe ee bay 4 BUNA lA ee) ea geo AC ES Paar Now look at the second part of the sentence. It begins with an infinitive. This aaa On aoc TN Infinitives for reasons can be used with adjectives, too. In sentences like these, st is sometimes called an “empty” subject. ee te eM A Caras It’s not nice to wake up many times during the night. Is it important to breastfeed the baby? Important/ another / to know/ is/ language/ it ? To learn/ it/ Chinese/ hard/ is/ ? With friends/ good/ English/ it's/ to practice Before/ nice/ your trip/ a hotel/ to book/ it’s Bargains/ it's/ online/ to find/ easy A/ necessary/ to buy/ is/ guide book/ it? Difficult/ it/ here/ is/ around/ to get/ ? Not/ to do/ it’s/ difficult Wintinitive vs Gerund Tafinitive: to do Gerund: doing esteem, |e ae esa canbe Verh + Gerund or Infinitive? can't stand can't afford detest decide don't mind hope enjoy learn imagine offer miss promise practise want suggest +to +-ing (Infinitive) EFL SMARTolog htip//efllecturer.blogspot.conv It’s + adjective + to ... + It’s + adj + to-infinitive + It’s easy to find a cheap flight online. + It’s nice to say “Thank you’, Negative statements It’s + not + adj + to-infintive It’s not hard to do Questions Is it + adjective + to-infinitive it expensive to fly to Bri Giving advice EL were you, 1 would zo tthe denis. Why dont you go tothe dent? ‘Youdbetter bush your tect regulary ht torshould avoideatin you take my adviee, yout might bea good idea to brash your tooth ona regular bass [advise you tobrush your tea on a regularbasis, Haye you thought about ceings denis. 1 think you shout Maybe you should You might try (verbeing. 9 Ke amight be a good idea to My advice would be to How about (verb ing...) Responding to suggestions Tvs thin iat an? The onl thing / pr iversidad

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