(Non-finite forms of the verb)

7.1. Инфинитив (the infinitive)

Формы инфинитива
	Active	Passive
Indefinite	to write	to be written
Continuous	to be writing
Perfect	to have written	to have been written
Perfect Continuous	to have been writing

Частица to с инфинитивом не употребляется:

1. После модальных глаголов:

You can’t do it.

You must consult the doctor.

2. После глаголов to let, to make (= to force – заставлять).

Let’s be friends. Давай будем друзьями.

If he calls, let me know. Если он позвонит, дай мне знать.

He made me laugh. Он меня рассмешил.

What makes you think so? Что заставляет тебя так думать?

3. В сложном дополнении после глаголов восприятия (to see, to hear, to feel, to watch, etc.)

She heard him enter the room. Она слышала, как он вошел в комнату.

I felt my heart jump. Я почувствовал как мое сердце подпрыгнуло.

4. После выражений: had better (…лучше бы), would rather/ sooner (…бы, пожалуй /

предпочел бы), cannot but (не могу не …).

You had better go there at once. Вам бы лучше пойти туда немедленно.

I would rather stay at home. Я бы, пожалуй, (предпочел бы) остаться дома.

I can’t but think about it. Не могу не думать об этом.

Ex. 256. Insert “to” where necessary before the infinitive in brackets.

1. I can’t ________________(see) anything. It’s so dark.

2. Let’s ________________(go) to Rome for our holiday.

3. We’d love __________________(meet) your wife.

4. Could you __________________(tell) me the time, please?

5. Keep working. Don’t let me _________________(interrupt) you.

6. John forgot ___________________(turn off) the lights when he went to bed.

7. I felt the house _______________(shake) with the explosion.

8. He made us ___________________(wait) for hours.

9. May I _______________(use) your phone?

10. The teacher usually lets us ______________ (use) our dictionary to do the translations.

11. If you want___________(get) there before dark, you should ___________(start) at once.

12. If you can’t __________ (remember) his number, you’d better __________ (look) it up.

13. I heard the door _________(open) and saw a shadow _________(move) across the floor.

14. I want ______________(see) the house where our president was born.

15 Please let me _________________(know) your decision as soon as possible.

16. I couldn’t ______________(ride) a bike until I was eight, but I learnt _____________(swim)

when I was three.

17. I made my brother ________________ (carry) my suitcase.

18. Would you rather __________(be) more stupid than you look or __________(look) more

stupid than you are?

19. We must _______________(send) him a telegram.

20. You can ______________(leave) your dog with us if you don’t ________________(want)

_______________(take) him with you.

21. You’ll be able __________________(do) it yourself when you are older.

22. “Thanks,” Andrew answered, “I’d rather ______________(see) the cases myself.”

23. He wouldn’t let my baby ________________ (play) with his gold watch.

24. He should __________(know) how ________(use) the film projector, but if he doesn’t

you had better ____________(show) him.

25. You needn’t ______________(say) anything. Just nod your head and he will _____________

understand.

26. I saw the driver _________(open) his window and __________(throw) a box into the bushes.

27. Before he let us ____________ (go) he made us ____________ (promise) not to tell anybody

what we had seen.

28. I’m sorry ________________(disappoint) you but I can’t ______________(let) you

_____________(have) any more till the end of the month.

29. Could you help me ____________ (find) the book I need?

30. What made you _________________(think) so?

31. Please let me ___________ (know) your decision as soon as possible.

32. He would sooner ___________(die) than betray his friends.