OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-60 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 60 VERB TO-INFINITIVE A Introduction After some verbs we can use a to-infinitive . decided to have arranged to play. Here are some more examples. expect to get my money back. Sarah agreed to work late at the office. We cant afford to go to Australia. Are you hoping to get a job in London Melanie has offered to help us when we move house. We can put not before the to-infinitive. Some people just choose not to get married. At least I managed not to lose my temper. With some other verbs we use an ing-form not a toinfinitive see Units 61 and 62 . Mark has finished playing golf. B Seem and appear We can use a to-infinitive after seem and appear. Sarah seemed to be quite annoyed. The computer program appears to have a bug in it. The person I spoke to didn t seem to know anything about the company s products. We can use a continuous or a perfect to-infinitive. Continuous Andrew seems to be studying even harder these days. Perfect David appeared to have hurt himself. C Tend manage and fail We use tend to for things that usually happen. We tend to get up later at weekends. We usually get up later at weekends. We use manage to for being able to do something. Luckily I managed to find my way here all right. I was able to find my way. We use fail to for things that don t happen. David failed to pay his electricity bill. David didn t pay his electricity bill. D He promised to go his promise to go Some nouns can come before a to-infinitive. Compare these sentences. Verb to-infinitive Mark promised to go shopping. But then he arranged to play golf. Noun toinfinitive Mark forgot about his promise to go shopping. Sarah found out about his arrangement to play golf. Here are some nouns we can use agreement arrangement decision demand desire failure offer plan promise refusal tendency threat 61-62 Verb ing-form 65 Verb object to-infinitive 60 EXERCISES 1 Verb to-infinitive A Say what each speaker did. Use these verbs before a to-infinitive decide demand .
