Write sentences about Jane’s busy day using the infinitive if purpose.

1. She went to the cleaner’s to collect her dress.

2. ……………………………………………….

3. ………………………………………………..

4. ……………………………………………….

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Mrs. Robinson had one small son. His name was Billy. Mrs. Robinson loved Billy very much, and he was not a strong child, she was always afraid that he might get ill, so she used to take him to the best doctor in the town four times a year to be examined.

During one of these visits, the doctor gave Billy various tests and then said to him,” Have you had any trouble with your nose or ears recently?”

Billy thought for a second and then answered, “Yes, I have”

Mrs. Robinson was very worried. “But I’m sure you’ve never told me that, Billy!” she said anxiously.

“Oh, really?” said the doctor seriously. “And what trouble have you had with your nose and ears, my boy?”

“Well,” answered Billy, “I always have trouble with them when I’m taking my sweater off, because the neck is very tight.”

 

Answer the questions:

1. Why did Mrs. Robinson take her son to a doctor regularly? 2. What kind of trouble did Billy say he had? 3. Why was his mother worried when he said this? 4. How did the doctor treat Billy’s answer? 5. Why did Billy have trouble with his nose and ears?

 

Which of the answers to these questions are right? Write the questions and the correct answers down:

1. Why did Mrs. Robinson take Billy to the doctor?

a. Because he was ill.

b. Because he was rather weak.

c. Because he was always afraid.

2. Why was Mrs. Robinson worried?

a. Because Billy had not complained to her that his nose or ears.

b. Because Billy complained to her that his nose and ears hurt.

c. Because Billy thought for a few seconds.

3. What made Billy’s nose and ears hurt?

a. The doctor’s examination.

b. His trouble with the cold.

c. The tight neck of his sweater.

 

Retell the story

 

9. Infinitives after adjectives. Complete the sentences:

e.g.: hard/ find a good job.

It’s hard to find a good job.

1. I/ surprised/ see you here. 2. This book/ easy/ read. 3. lovely/ see you last night. 4. easy/ make mistakes when you’re learning a language. 5. important/ keep vocabulary records.6. I/ pleased/ see you’ve stopped smoking. 7. impossible/ keep the house tidy with five children. 8. unusual/have long, hot summers in England.

 

 

Complex Object

 

I want him to help me I’d like him to help me.

 

1. Finish the sentences, using the complex object:

e.g.: “Bring me a book,” said my brother to me.

My brother wanted me to bring him a book.

1. “Wait for me after school,” said Ann to me. – Ann wanted…. 2. “Fix the shelf in the kitchen,” my father said to me. – My father wanted… 3. “It will be very good if you study English,” said my mother to me. – My mother wanted … 4. “Bring me some water from the river, children” said our grandmother. – My grandmother wanted … 5. “Come to my birthday party,” said Kate to her classmates- Kate wanted… 6. The biology teacher said to us: “Collect some insects in summer.” – The biology teacher wanted … 7. “Don’t eat ice-cream before dinner,” said our mother to us. – Our mother did not want … 8. The teacher said to the pupils: “Learn the rule.” – The teacher wanted ….9. “Be careful, or else you will spill the milk,” said mother to me. – My mother did not want….10. “My daughter will go to a ballet school,” said the woman. – The woman wanted…

 

I expect him to come I know him to be a good pupil

 

2. Rewrite the following sentences, using complex object instead subordinate sentences:

e.g.: I expect that she will send me a letter. I expect her to send me a letter.

I expect that he is a great scientist. I expect him to be a great scientist.

1. I did not expect that my brother would forget to send her flowers. 2. He knows that my mother is a very kind woman. 3. She expected that her brother would bring her a book. 4. I know that your uncle is an excellent mathematician. 5. People expect that the 21st century will bring peace on the earth. 6. I know that my friend is a just man. 7. I expect that he will understand your problem and help you to solve it. 8. I expected that she would behave quite differently.

 

I like her to sing. I hate her to cry.

3. Translate the following sentences into your native language:

I. I like children to laugh. 2. She doesn’t like me to argue with her. 3. She didn’t like us to come late. 4. She hates me too late. 5. Our teacher likes us to ask many questions. 6. I hate you to forget your duties. 7. Grandmother likes Lena to play the piano. 8. Father likes me to speak English. 9. My grandfather didn’t like children to talk at the table. 10. He hated us to break toys. 11 he liked us to play quiet games.

 

Mother made me eat the soup.

4. Translate the following sentences into your native language:

1. The teacher made her rewrite the exercise. 2. She made the dog jump over the fence. 3. He made his brother jump in water. 4. Rain made us return home. 5. Make her put on the coat: today is very cold. 6. Why didn’t you make your son learn the poem by heart? 7. I can’t make my cat catch mice. 8. When can you make your friend do exercises? 9. Please, don’t make me drink milk. 10. She couldn’t make him go to bed early.

 

I saw him enter. – I saw him entering. I heard her speak – I heard her speaking. I noticed him frown. – I noticed him frowning. I felt him tremble. – I felt him trembling.

 

5. Rephrase the following sentences, using complex subject with participle;

e.g.: He was reading in the garden. She saw him.

She saw him reading in the garden.

1. The girl was singing. I heard her. 2. They were talking about computers. He heard them. 3. You and your friend were walking along the street yesterday. I saw you. 4. The little girls were playing on the grass. We watched them. 5. The ship was leaving the port. He stood and looked at it. 6. He was sleeping peacefully in her bed. Mother watched her. 7. The cat was rubbing itself on my leg. I felt it. 8. They were fishing. The teacher watched them. 10. A caterpillar as crawling on my arm. I felt it.

 

6. Rephrase the following sentences, using complex object with Infinitive:

e.g.: He dropped his bag. I saw it. I saw him drop his bag.

1. He slipped and fell. I saw it. 2. I heard that she suddenly cried out loudly. 3. She bent and picked up something from the floor. The policeman saw it. 4. I saw that he opened the cup on the floor and broke it. I saw it. 6. They turned the corner and disappeared. We watched them. 7. The doctor touched the boy’s leg. The boy felt it. 8. Pete bought some flowers. His friends saw it. 9. The wounded hunter felt that the bear touched him, but he did not move. 10. Shall we hear it if the telephone rings?

 

I want the work to be done=I want the work done.

7. Translate into your native language paying your attention to complex object:

1. If you want things done well, do them yourself. 2. I should very much like it to be made clear to me. 3. The traveler entered the inn and ordered supper to be prepared. 4. He wanted his letters sent at once. 5. I don’t want my papers looked through. 6. She did some papers and said that the client wanted them signed. 8. The teacher wants our homework to be prepared well. 9. Would you like your luggage carried upstairs? 10. I want a bedroom prepared for my guest.

to have something done

 

8. Read the following sentences, using these substitution tables:

e.g.: I must have my hair cut.

I must have my watch repaired. I must have my photo taken. I must have a new dress made. I want to have my hair cut. I want to have my watch repaired, etc.

 

I must I want to I am going to	have	my hair cut my watch repaired my photo taken a new dress made
Have you had	your hair cut? your watch repaired? your photo taken? a new dress made?
When Why	did you have	your haircut? your watch repaired? your photo taken? a new dress made?
Where do you usually have	your haircut? your watch repaired? your photo taken? your dress made?

 

9. Translate sentences into your native language:

1. I shall have your taxi kept at the door. 2. I shall have your things brought up and unpacked at one. 3. I must have my hair cut tomorrow.4. I have just had my photograph taken and thought dress altered but I never did. 5. She has had no photographs of herself taken since her childhood. 6. have this carpet spread on the floor. 7. They looked after in the evening when she went out. 8. Ellen had her needle thread for her as her have these shoes mended. 9. I shall have my son taught music. 10. The planters had the trees in the jungle cut down.

 

10. Rephrase and write the following sentences, using complex object instead

subordinate sentences:

1. I felt that somebody touched me lightly on the shoulder. 2. He heard that someone called his name. 3. We did not expect that he would return so soon. 4. I saw that the telegraph boy handed the cable to the man. 5. They heard how the woman uttered a little exclamation. 6. He hated it when people argued about trifles. 7. I should like to see how he would say it to my face. 8. I expected that you will join our excursion.9. We had not expected that she would replay, but she did. 10. We knew that he was a clever man.

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