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~ Presentation 3 Infinitive - ® Tenses of the Infinitive “Active Vole Regular vero Inregular vert: (to) cook (to) write. Presa con. aoe 1o) be wring to) have cooked Parte con, Full Infinitive is used 1. with certain verbs estas a ore loa ee aN ney Feo taro ha ies ee easy, Softy, supposed, surprised, unable, atc. Iwas glad to hear he hed bean promoted to manzger. ‘3. with impersonal construction + adjective It was nice of hii to end you roaas. 4. with only (unsatistactory result) He phoned only to say that he wouldn't be: soming. 5. at the beginning of a sentence in expressions such as: to tell you the truth, to cut a long story short, to be honest / fair etc. To tell you the truth, | havan't seen him since ‘Monday, 6. afternouns Ws a pleasure to see you. 7. alter question words (‘who", “whara’, “what etc.) I don't know what to do. No) nave been couking (io) have been writing — Gerund ail Regular vero {to} be cooked fel hevebeemonched! (fo) Have been written ‘Wreguiar verb: Bare Infinitive is used 1. with medals (can / could, may / might, shall / Grose, uit iti oe wa i He can go it he wants 10, 2. with need, dare (as auxiliary verbs), You needn't work today. {aren't talk to him. “sen sn ‘bare or full ‘ral ntntve Idon't| fot eee ns ame a permet ete aerials followed by bare infinitive. Idare you to ¢limb up that tree, 3, with had batterAvould rather/would sooner ‘You'd battar go to bed. 4, with make, let, see, hear, smell, feel, watch, notice (in Active Voice) He lef me waten TV. “Note S20, hear, | Passio Vote are fellow by fl tmntve. ‘The baby was made to eat all his soup, 5. after why not not meet: pet nace ear pone coy? Notes too + adi/adverb + full infinitive ‘He is t00 young to gat married. — 80) / advert + enough + full infinitive He isnt old enough to get marred. “enough + nuun + full infinitive: ‘He's gut enough manuy ta get by, ‘80 + adjective + a5 + full infinitive ‘Sha was so guilible as to ballave his story. 54 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the infinitive, 1. Will you remind me fo cance! (cancel) the meeting next week? 2 Don't you dare .. (touch) that vase! 3, Heis said vnvn (OTK) for Many months on this project, 4, The prisoner claims that the police made hirn _- (Kign) the cantession, 5. Hooligans ate said .... (smash) several shop windows during the rit. 6, The children really should . (go) to bed by now. 7. Apparently criminals tend .... “(feturn) to the scene ef the crime. 8, You ought (study) for your exam now. Why aren’t you? 9. This play is thought... (wnte) by Chnstopher Mariowe, not Shakespeare. 10. Several factors need . (consider) before we make a decision. © Infinitive and Present Participle with verbs of perception and other phrases si + bare infinitive (complete action) e.g. saw har lack the car and put the = inne 2.9, | saw her walking dawa the sireet. eg. He went skiing last winter 29. He-spent an hour xing the tap. 2g, Hewas busy cleaning the car. 55. Pulthe varbs in brackets info the bare infinitive or the present participle. . Jehn has gone walking (walk) in the hills, . The assistant saw the woman sis .-- (leave) 1 2 (put) the necklace in her bag and 3, We spent three weeks ... (decorate) the house before we could move in. 4. 5. . He heard the clock (strike) one before he went to bed, . My Son enjoys going to the airport to watch the plan . (and). ibe busy 6 . (Clean) the house at the weekend. 7. | heard someone 8. (open) the door and .. (slam) it alk) instead of finishing the work? the house and callod the fire brigade. (gel) on the train and then he lett. sovse (Swim). ~ (break) a plate in the flat above. (Gite) me twice before it ren away. (dance)’ used to be a popular TV programme, (Gtea)) the car so he wes acquitted. behing them. Who could it be? . Why have you wasted half an ho 9. The neighbours saw emoke 40. He watched her 11. Frank asked me if | wanted to go 12, She heard someone ... 18, Heit the dog 39

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