Infinitive without to

After auxiliary verbs	I do not like it. We will do it tomorrow.
After MODAL VERBS but ought	He can swim. We must be off.
After verbs of feeling and emotion see, hear, feel	I saw and heard him come. I felt my pulse quicken.
After let – дозволяти, make – змушувати	Let us visit him. She made me come back.
After had better would rather cannot but nothing but	We had better go to France. I would rather visit England.

Exercise 1. 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.

Exercise 2. Use the infinitive in brackets in the required form of the active or passive voice.

1. I hate _____________(to bother) you, but the man is still waiting ________________(to give) the answer.

2. The girl pretended _____________(to read) a book and not ______________(to look) at me.

3. He seized every opportunity _________________(to appear) in public: he was so anxious __________________(to talk) about.

4. Don’t worry about him, he is sure __________________(to have) a good time at the moment.

5. He began writing books not because he wanted ______________(to earn) a living. He wanted ___________________(to read) and not _____________________________(to forget).

6. They are supposed _____________________________(to work) at the problem for the last two  months.

7. Wrap up my lunch, child. I must go. He doesn’t like ___________________(to keep) waiting.

8. It is so thoughtful of you ______________________(to book) the tickets well in advance.

9. The idea was too complicated _______________________(to express) in just one paragraph.

10. It seemed _______________________________(to snow) heavily since early morning: the ground  was covered with a deep layer of snow.

11. Her ring was believed _________________________(to lose) until she happened to find it during the  general cleaning. It turned out ______________________(to drop) between the sofa and the wall.

12. Listen! They seem ______________________(quarrel). I can hear angry voices from behind the door.

Exercise 3. Use the infinitives in the box as subjects.

to give up, to stop, to say, to forget, to lose, to know, to repair, to search, to mention, to look up, to take

1. It’s difficult for him ____________________ smoking.

2. It was impossible ________________ the bicycle.

3. _______________ the map well means to be able to show any country or town on it.

4. It took us twelve days ____________________ the island.

5. _________________ the past was impossible.

6. It was his habit every August _______________ his family to the seaside for change of air.

7. ________________ at this stage would be a great pity.

8. It took him half an hour __________________ the words in the dictionary.

9. It takes an effort ___________________ weight.

10. It’s hardly necessary for me __________________ how grateful I’m for all you’ve done.

Exercise 4. Match a line in A with a verb in B and a line in C.

A I went for a walk I’m going to the library I went to town I phoned the theatre I want to borrow some money I bought some flowers I’m going to Paris I wrote to John

B to make to buy to get to change to visit to explain to do to ask

C the house smell nice. a new car. some friends. how to get to my house. my books. some fresh air. some shopping. what time the play started.

Exercise 5. Tourists go to Switzerland to climb the mountains, or to ski, or to enjoy the scenery. They go to the USA to see New York, or to visit the West, or to practice English. Write ten sentences to say why tourists go to France, or to Britain, or to India, or to Japan, or to other countries.

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