Grammar: Extension 8

The infinitive of purpose

1 Complete the sentences with the infinitive 3 Complete the sentences with so that and your
of purpose and simple past form of the verbs own ideas.
in parentheses. Use the verbs in the correct I went to art school so that I could become a
order.
great artist. .
I went to the bookstore
1 I took a book with me
to buy a magazine. (buy / go)
.
1 I to the kitchen
for something to eat. 2 I asked my dad for some money
(go / look) .
2 Milo an email to his friend 3 I arrived at my English class early
him about his vacation. .
(tell / write) 4 I called my best friend
3 We to Florida
.
our grandparents. (fly / visit)
5 I made a snack
4 They a web page
.
information for their
homework. (find / use) 6 I opened the refrigerator

5 She the dishes .

her dad. (do / help)
Adjective + preposition + gerund
4 Complete the words in the sentences and
write the correct preposition.
2 Match the sentence halves. Then write
cared of
I’m s finding a spider in
sentences with in order to.
my bed.
1 I arrived at the airport early c
1 Marie Curie was i
2 He studies hard
studying radioactivity.
3 I use the Internet
2 The explorer was w
4 She saves money getting lost.
5 We go to that restaurant 3 Alexander Graham Bell is r
6 They use their cell phones inventing the telephone.
4 You are r doing your
a have lunch on Sundays.
homework every night.
b give himself a good future.
5 Jørn Utzon is f
c find my gate. designing the Sydney Opera House.
d pay for college. 6 Mom and Dad weren’t h
e call their friends. me traveling to Europe alone.
f do online shopping.
1 I arrived at the airport early in order to find Comparative and superlative
my gate. adverbs
2 5 Complete the chart.
3 Adverb Comparative Superlative
4 form form
5 hard harder 1

6 loud 2 3

far 4 5

slow 6 7

easy 8 9

beautiful 10 11

Printable © Oxford University Press 2020