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THE INFINITIVE
Примеры:
Спрашивать
Быть спрошенным
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THE INFINITIVE DEFINITION
a non-finite form of the
verb
has a double nature: nominal and verbal
the formal sign
of the infinitive is the particle to
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FUNCTIONS OF THE INFINITIVE
A subject
A part
of a predicative
A part of a compound verbal
predicate
An object
An attribute
An adverbial modifier
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SIMPLE (INDEFINITE) INFINITIVE
REFERS TO THE PRESENT OR FUTURE
They
want to invite him.
I like to go there.
Passive:
They want to be invited there.
He hopes to be offered a promotion.
Active:
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CONTINUOUS INFINITIVE
DESCRIBES AN ACTION HAPPENING NOW
Active:
They must be
working now.
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PERFECT INFINITIVE
SHOWS THAT THE ACTION OF THE INFINITIVE
HAPPENED BEFORE THE ACTION OF THE VERB
with verbs:
Seem, appear,
believe, know, claim, expect
Active:
Steve seems to have gone to a lot of places.
He claims to have met the Queen.
Passive:
John appears to have been offered a job.
The book seems to have been translated.
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PERFECT CONTINUOUS INFINITIVE
EMPHASES THE DURATION OF THE ACTION
Active:
He
looks tired. He seems to have been working all
morning.
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IN PAIRS, ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS USING THE
PROMPTS BELOW, AS AN EXAMPLE
SA: Have they been sleeping?
SB:
No, they seem not to have been sleeping.
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IN PAIRS, ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS USING THE
PROMPTS BELOW
Are they running?
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IN PAIRS, ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS USING THE
PROMPTS BELOW
Has he lost his keys?
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IN PAIRS, ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS USING THE
PROMPTS BELOW
Are they building the house?
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IN PAIRS, ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS USING THE
PROMPTS BELOW
Has he hurt his knee?
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IN PAIRS, ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS USING THE
PROMPTS BELOW
Is he painting the picture?
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THE INFINITIVE AS AN ATTRIBUTE
1
This is not the
book to be found in any library.
He has no
desire to be appointed to this post.
2
The amount to be paid includes the cost of packing.
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THE INFINITIVE AS AN ATTRIBUTE
3
The first
The second
The third
The
last
He was the first to go away.
to do
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THE INFINITIVE AS AN ATTRIBUTE
4
after nouns, pronouns,
some, any, no
He brought me a book to read.
Give
me something to drink.
It’s a pleasure to work with you.
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THE INFINITIVE AS A SUBJECT
To smoke is bad
for health.
To do it is to help them.
After adjectives
cold,
difficult, easy, simple, desirable, angry, happy, glad etc.
It is important to tell them the truth.
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THE INFINITIVE AS A SUBJECT
With it + be
+ adjective (+ of + object)
It was nice of
him to remember my birthday.
With “only” to express unsatisfactory result
He called me only to say that he would be late.
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THE INFINITIVE AS AN ADVERBIAL MODIFIER
After in order
to, so as, so as not
I’ll write down the
telephone number so as not
to be late.
enough, too, so+adj+as
He is clever enough to do such things.
She’s too tired to go out.
As if, as though
She waved her hands as if to say good bye.
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AS A PREDICATIVE
His great desire is to visit
England.
My first duty is to study well.
The thing to
do was to stay calm.
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THE FOR-TO-INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTION
For me to go there is
impossible.
That was for you to find out.
The teacher asked
for the papers to be brought.
The best thing for you to do is to forgive her.
I stepped aside for the car to go by.
She spoke loud for you to hear.
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COMPLEX SUBJECT
It is said – говорят
It is reported
– сообщают
It seems – кажется
It is likely – вероятно
It
is said that they know Chinese well.
They are said to know Chinese well.
was heard
was made
He is expected to speak English
was known
is said
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COMPLEX OBJECT
He is supposed
to return tomorrow
was to have
returned
to be working now
to have been working
here for many years
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COMPLEX OBJECT
is used in Passive Voice with the
verbs:
To see, to hear, to order, to cause, to
allow, to expect, to know, to suppose, to report, to announce, to believe, to consider, to regard
The book was expected to have been published by the summer of 1999.
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COMPLEX OBJECT
seem, appear – казаться, по-видимому
prove, turn out,
appear, happen – оказаться
happen – случаться, случайно
The child seemed
to be sleeping.
The task proved (to be) very difficult.
He happened to be here when I came.
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COMPLEX OBJECT
He is likely (вероятно)
is unlikely (маловероятно) to
is sure
(конечно) return
is certain (несомненно, наверно)
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COMPLEX OBJECT
He is unlikely to come.
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COMPLEX OBJECT
want
ask
order
Know, believe=suppose, expect, find consider,
think, mean
We
suppose him to return home early.
We find your research
work (to be) very interesting.
To do
To be done
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THE INFINITIVE AS PARENTHESIS
To begin with – начать
с того…
To cut a long story short – короче
говоря
To make a long story short – короче говоря
To put it mildly – мягко выражаясь
To tell the truth – по правде говоря
To say nothing of – не говоря уже о
To say the least of it – чтобы не сказать больше
To speak quite frankly – откровенно говоря
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MEMORIZE THE EXPRESSIONS:
He is hard to please. -
Ему трудно угодить.
She is pleasant to look at. –
У нее привлекательная внешность.
I have something to tell you. - Мне надо вам кое-что сказать.
There is nothing to be done. - Ничего не поделаешь.
The house is to let. – Дом сдается внаем.
Who is to blame? – Кто виноват?
There is nothing left to do but left. – Единственное, что остается – это ждать.
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THE USE OF THE INFINITIVE WITHOUT THE PARTICLE
TO
After auxiliary verbs (shall, will, do etc)
After modal verbs
(except ought)
After verbs denoting sense perception: to hear, to see, to feel, to know etc
After the verb to let
After the verb to make
After the expressions had better, would rather, would sooner, cannot but, nothing but
In sentences beginning with why