Adjectives with 

to-infinitives

able due likely prepared

unable eager unlikely willing
anxious keen ready unwilling

We use the to-infinitive after certain adjectives:

To the example :
Unfortunately, I was unable to work for over a week.
I'm really tired. I'm ready to go to bed.

Sometimes the to-infinitive gives a reason for the adjective:

amazed
glad proud sorry
delighted
happy relieved surprised
disappointe
pleased sad unhappy
d

Example :
We were happy to come to the end of our journey.
(= We were happy because we had come to the end of our journey.)
John was surprised to see me.
(= He was surprised because he saw me.)
We often use it + be followed by an adjective to give opinions:
It's easy to play the piano, but it's very difficult to play well.
He spoke so quickly that it was impossible to understand him.
 We use the to-infinitive with these adjectives to give opinions about people:

clever kind right silly

foolish nice wrong  

Example :
She was right to complain about that hotel.
You were clever to find the answer so quickly.

We use the preposition for to show who these adjectives refer to:

difficult easy hard possible impossible

Example :
It was difficult for us to hear what she was saying.
It is easy for you to criticise other people.
With the other adjectives, we use the preposition of:
It's kind of you to help.
It would be silly of him to spend all his money.

Soal
1. Despite criticisms from political opponents, the new president continues his …
abroad to appeal to foreign countries to invest in Indonesia.
a. to travel
b. traveled
c. traveling
d. he traveling
e. to he traveled
Pembahasan: Kata kerja setelah possessive pronoun (his) harus diungkapkan
dalam bentuk gerund (Verb-ing).

2. According to the latest issue of the journal of American Medical Association, …

can reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death in men.
a. fish being eaten every week
b. if we eat fish once a week
c. to eat weekly fish
d. fish to he eaten weekly
e. eating fish just once a week

Pembahasan: Kalimat soal menghendaki pemakaian subjek. Subjek dalam bahasa

Inggris dapat dibentuk oleh (1) benda/ frasa benda—noun/noun phrase, (2)
Pronoun/kata ganti orang, (3) gerund (frase berawalan Verbing), dan (4) anak
kalimat—noun clause. Dua pilihan yang tersedia, hanya pilihan (E) eating fish just
once a week yang memenuhi persyaratan di atas.

3. ‘Let’s go and have lunch.’

I’ll join you later. I had better not stop … on this report now.’
a. work
b. to work
c. I’ll work
d. working
e. am working

Pembahasan: Kata kerja ‘stop’ mengharuskan kata kerja yang mengikutinya

dalam bentuk gerund (Verb-ing) atau to infinite (to + Verb1 ). Digunakan gerund
untuk menyatakan kegiatan yang sudah dikerjakan dan to infinitive untuk yang
belum dikerjakan pada saat pembicaraan. Dari konteks soal jelas kegiatan ‘work’
mengerjakan sudah berlangsung saat pembicaraan tersebut.

4.. … a new language can be very interesting

a. learn
b. learnt
c. learning
d. to learning
e. in learning

Pembahasan: Apabila ada kata kerja di awal kalimat, maka kata kerja tersebut
diubah dalam bentung verb-ing.

5. She is busy … for the exams

a. preparing
b. to prepare
c. prepare
d. in prepare
e. to preparing

Pembahasan: Setelah ‘to be busy’ diikuti oleh verb-ing