Perfect infinitives (PFC) Flashcards
Perfect infinitives
When do we us perfect infinitives?
after liking words like **claim, expect, hate, hope, like, love, prefer, pretend, seem **to refer to a previous time before.
Perfect infinitives
He … … her number and so had been … to contact her.
loose / unable / pretend
He pretended to have lost her number and so had been unable to contact her. (or He pretended that he had lost her number …)
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She … … a number of famous people, but I don’t … …
claim / meet / believe / her
She claims to have met a number of famous people, but I don’t believe her.
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I … … … at a small, family-run hotel than a big international …
stay / chain / prefer / would
I would prefer to have stayed at a small, family-run hotel than a big international chain.
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He … to … the film.
see / pretend
He pretended to have seen the film.
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I am … a … job.
find / glad / new
I am glad to have found a new job.
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… … the concert.
sorry / miss / she
She was sorry to have missed the concert.
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You … to have… him.
seem / annoy
You seem to have annoyed him.
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You … my permission … going out.
ask / should / before
You should have asked my permission before going out.
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… … have … the matter with ..
discuss / him / she / should
She should have discussed the matter with him.
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… … to have … the …
see / pretend / he / film
He pretended to have seen the film.
