The Infinitive Flashcards
the to infinitive rule No.1
to express purpose
pvz:S he went to bank to get some money
the to infinitive rule No.2
after :advise, agree , appear, decide , expect, hope, manage, offer, promise, refuse, seem, want, afford, pretend.
the to infinitive rule No.3
After verbs such as know, decide, ask , learn, remember, want to know when they are followed by question words (who, what, where, how)
Exeption is Why
Pavyzdys:Icant decide where to go
I want to know why you have decided to leave
the to infinitive rule No.4
After adjectives such as nice, sorry, glad, happy, willing, afraid, ashamed.
Pvz: He is glad to be back
the to infinitive rule No.4
After too and enough
Pvz: She is too shy to talk to the manager
We’ve got enough money to buy a new car
the to infinitive rule No.6
would like/ would love would/prefer (To express specific preferences)
Pvz: I would like to learn a foreign language.
the to infinitive rule No.7
After only to express an unsatisfactory result.
He rushed to the bank door only to discover that it was locked.
the bare infinitive rule No.1
After modal verbs:
can, may, must, shall, will, could, might, should, would
Pvz You must study hard.
the bare infinitive rule No.1
After verbs :
let, make, see, hear and feel.
Pvz.: The made him pay.
bu pasive su to : He was made to pay
the bare infinitive rule No.1
After had better and would rather.
Pavyzdys; You had better sign the contract
I would rather go home now.
present simple and future simple
to go
Present/future continious
to be going
Past Simple, Present/Past/Future perfect
to have gone
Past Continious, Present/Past/Future Perfect Continious,
to have been going
perfect infinitive is used with
vith verbs such as seem, appear, believe, know, claim, expect and modal verbs.
Present infinitive
refers to the present or future
Pvz: She wants to talk to him now
Sandra wants to move to a next house next year.
Present continious infinitive
It describes action happening now.
Perfect infinitive
infinitive action happened before the action of verb.
She 2claims 1(to have met)
Perfect continious infinitive
It refers to the pas and emphasises the duration of the action of the infitinive, wich happened before the action of verb
Pvz:She is tired. She claims to have been working hard lately.(emphazes is on lately)
Passive present infinitive
to be+V3
Passive perfect infinitive
to have been +V3
ing form rule No.1
as a noun .
Pvz.: Swimming keeps you fit
ing form rule No.2
after preposition( prielinksio kaip?)
Pvz.: He left without saying goodbey
ing form rule No.3
After love, like, enjoy, dislike, hate and prefer to express general preferences.
She likes going for long walks.
ing form rule No.4
After certai verbs: consider, avoid, deny, look foward to, confess to, fancy, involve, mention, risk, spend, mind, regret, admit, suggest, imagine.
Pvz.:Jessica spent all day shopping
ing form rule No.5
after go for activities.
Pvz.: They often go climbing at the weekends.
ing form rule No.6
After ; it’s no use, Its’s (not) worth, it’s no good, be busy, what’s the use of…?there is no point in, cant help, cant stand, be/get used to, have difficulty (in)
Pvz.: It’s no use waiting for the bus .It wont come.
ing form rule No.7
After verbs see, hear, feel, watch, listen to and notice to describe an incomplete action that is to say that somebody saw or heard pat of action.
Pvz,:I heard jack talkinng on the phone.
but BARE INFINITIVE for complete action that means i heard all conversation
Pvz.: i HEARD Jack talk on phone.
ing form rule No.7
ing after begin start and continue but never to ings
ing form rule No.8
advise, allow, permit, recommend, encourage without object
Pvz.:They dont allow parking there.
The dont allow us to park here.
Participles To express time
After she had done her homework , she watched tv
Having done her homework, she watched tv
participes to express reason
Because he was late, Adam took a taxi.
Being late, Adam took a taxi.
Because she had spent all her money, Pam asked for loan.
Having spent all her money , Pam asked for a loan.
Participles Instead of relitive pronoun and full verb
The men who is standing at the door is my boss
The men standing at the door is my boos
Instead of past simple in narratives when we describe acion happening immediatly one after the another
He saw a shadow and screamed.
Seing a shadow, he screamed
To avoid reapyting the past continious in the same sentence
She was climbing up the lader and she was carrying a bucket.
She was climbing up a ladder carying a bucket
advise
to
agree
to
appear
to
decide
to
expect
to
hope
to
manage
to
offer
to
promise
to
refuse
to
seem
to
want
to
afford
to
pretend
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