2018-05-22 Grammar: infinitive patterns

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 94 exercise 5 - Identify who does each bold action.
1 Norman
2 people
3 her students
4 John’s sister
5 John
6 his friend
7 Norman
8 all their children
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There are different patterns verbs and infinitives can have.
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- verb + infinitive (with nothing between them)
I decided to study English.
p. 96 exercise 7 - Complete the sentences with infinitive phrases that you and your partners agree with. (Many of the sentences could be completed with a noun or an adjective, but for practice, use infinitive phrases.)
1 to take care of their children. / to care for their children.
2 to read. / to speak the standard language.
3 to buy a new car. / to travel the world. / to give the best future to their kids.
4 to be serious. / seems to get worse every day.
5 to speak in the class. / to ask the teacher questions. / to work in a group.
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8 Criminals deserve to be punished. (passive)
  Criminals deserve to get/have a second chance. (active)
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What is something you pretended to do as a child?
- I pretended to have superpowers.
- I pretended to do Superman’s job.
- I pretended to be a soccer player.
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A second pattern is verbs which need to have an object before the infinitive.
- verb + object + infinitive
These verbs usually include another person. If it’s about the same person as the subject, use a reflexive pronoun (myself/ourselves/yourself/yourselves/himself/herself/itself/themselves):
I allowed myself to break my diet at the birthday party.
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p. 97 exercise 9 - With your partner, think of subjects and objects you can use to complete the sentences.
1 Every month, I remind myself to pay my bills.
2 He warned me not to forget to bring his book.
3 He convinced me to help him.
4 We hired four people to work for our company.
5 My mom required me to pay her back.
  The government requires us to pay taxes.
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Some of these verbs can be used without an object, but then the next verb is a gerund:
	permit, allow, forbid, advise, require
My parents didn’t permit me to smoke in the house. (Specific prohibition of my actions)
My parents didn’t permit smoking in the house. (General prohibition for anyone)
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A third pattern is verbs that take the infinitive, with or without an object:
	I expect to graduate in June. (I’ll graduate.)
	I expect you to graduate in June. (You’ll graduate.)
Sometimes you need “for” before the object:
	I arranged to take the TOEFL. (I’ll take it.)
	I arranged for you to take the TOEFL. (You’ll take it.)
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Homework: finish p. 97 exercise 9