Infinitives

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Infinitives

• after Certain Verbs

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Form of the Infinitive

• The infinitive to base form of the verb.
• Do you like to learn grammar in English?
• Find the infinitives in these sentences.
• Your teacher plans to put your stories in a class
  magazine, so she wants you to give her a final
  copy.
• I would like to remind you to make an appointment
  with me if you want me to recommend another
  English class for next year.

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Form of the Negative Infinitive

• To make an infinitive negative, put not in front
  of it.
• Anna told you not to worry too much about
  understanding everything in the movie.
• Many teachers advise their students not to copy
  information from the Internet.

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Infinitives after SomeVerbs

• You can put an infinitive after SOME verbs. Many
  grammar books have lists. (Grammar Express has
  one on p. 338.)
• agree, appear, request, hope, learn, seem,
  waitDo you know any others?
• Ludy has decided to study CNA.
• Maria began to work when she was young.

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Objects with Infinitives

• Sometimes a noun (the object) comes between the
  verb and the infinitive. Its usually a person or
  people.
• A few students asked Suzanne to help them with
  their essays.
• Does your boss expect you to work overtime?

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Verbs and Infinitives and Objects

• After some other verbs, if you want to use an
  infinitive, you MUST put an object first.
• tell, order, advise, warn, invite, hire, permit,
  teach
• The police officer reminded the driver to fix the
  cars headlights.
• Anna encouraged some students to see a counselor.

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Verbs and Infinitives and Objects, 2

• After some other verbs, you can choose to put an
  object before an infinitive OR you can choose not
  to do it. Sometimes this changes the meaning.
• expect, help, need, want, would like
• The boss asked to go first. (The boss wants to be
  1.)
• The boss asked the employee to go first. (The
  employee 1, the boss 2.)

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Try It! Verbs and Infinitives

• Fix the mistakes.
• We will plan have a Conversation Cafe on the last
  day of our class.
• Anna agreed helping Rufina when she couldnt come
  to class.
• Daisy wants her story to write about Salvadoran
  food.

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Try It! Verbs and Infinitives

• Write sentences with these verbs and an
  infinitive.
• Ask ______________________________
• Want _____________________________
• Need _____________________________
• Decide ____________________________
• Help ______________________________

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Dreams and Goals

• What do you need to do?
• What do you want to do?
• What do you hope to do?
• What will you try to do?
• How can we help you to do it?
• If you try it, you can do it!
• And now, do you like to learn grammar in English?
  (?)

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Sing It! Getting to Know You

• YouTube - getting to know you, The King I
• Artist Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) and Richard
  Rogers (music) Song Getting to Know You
• Spoken
• It's a very ancient saying, But a true and
  honest thought, That if you become a teacher,
  By your pupils you'll be taught. Singing
• As a teacher I've been learning --You'll forgive
  me if I boast -- And I've now become an expert,
  On the subject I like most. Spoken Getting to
  know you.Singing
• Getting to know you, Getting to know all about
  you. Getting to like you, Getting to hope you
  like me. Getting to know you, Putting it my
  way, But nicely, You are precisely, My cup of
  tea.Haven't you noticedSuddenly I'm bright and
  breezy? Because of all the beautiful and new
  Things I'm learning about you Day .. by ...
  day.