2018-07-17 Grammar: verbs + infinitive

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 94 exercise 5 - Identify who does each bold action.
1 Norman
2 people
3 students
4 John’s sister
5 John
6 his friend
7 Norman
8 their children
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There are three basic patterns for infinitives after verbs:
1 verb + infinitive
2 verb + object + infinitive
3 verb + (optional object) + infinitive
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p. 95 exercise 6 - Underline all of the verbs that are followed directly by the infinitive.
1 agree, appear
2 claim
3 care, deserve
4 decide
5 demand
6 pretend, hesitate
7 offer, refuse
8 seem
9 tend
10 learn
11 neglect
12 hope
13 wait
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Note: Some of these verbs can be followed by other things, but when it’s an infinitive, there’s no object.
Norman hopes to get a refund. (hope + infinitive)
I hope (that) Norman gets a refund. (hope + sentence)
- Many of the above verbs can also be followed by a sentence.
The company claimed to be reputable.
The company claimed that the company was reputable.
- If the same subject does the main verb and the other verb, we usually use infinitive because it’s shorter.
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p. 96 exercise 8 - Ask and answer these questions with your partner.
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p. 97 - Pattern 2 verbs usually involve a second person doing the action.
(Some of these, such as “advise”, can be general, and use gerund: “They advise driving carefully.”)
exercise 9 - With your partner, make sentences using each pair of verbs.
1 I reminded you to pay the bill.
15 I forced myself to leave 30 minutes early.
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p. 98 - Pattern 3 verbs go with an object if a different person does the action, or no object if it’s the same person.
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Homework: p. 98 exercise 10 - Write sentences about yourself.