I want you to… I told you to…

Question 1

+ I WANT you / somebody / Sarah TO DO something

Answer 1

…I WANT you TO BE happy. (not I want that you are happy)
…They didn’t WANT anybody TO KNOW their secret.
…Do you WANT me TO LEND you some money?

+ We use would like in the same way:
…Would you like me to lend you some money?

Question 2

We also use this structure VERB + SOMEBODY + TO … with:
Ask
Tell
Advise
Expect
Persuade
Teach

Answer 2

…Sue ASKED a friend TO LEND her some money

…I TOLD you TO BE careful

…What do you ADVISE me TO DO?

…I didn’t EXPECT them TO BE here.

…We PERSUADED Gary TO COME with us.

…I AM TEACHING my brother TO SWIM.

Question 3

+ I told you to … / I told you not to …

Answer 3

…Jane TOLD me TO wait for her.

…Paul TOLD Sue not TO wait for him.

Question 4

+After MAKE and LET, we do NOT use TO

+You can say Let’s … (= Let us) when you want people to do things with you

Answer 4

…He’s very funny. He MAKES me laugh. (NOT makes me to laugh)
…At school our teacher MADE us work very hard.
…I didn’t have my phone with me, so Sue LET me use hers. (NOT let me to use)

…Come on! Let’s dance.
…Do you want to go out tonight?’ ‘No, I’m tired. Let’s stay at home.’