The infinitive

170. Open the brackets using the proper form of the Infinitive.

How to be a good friend

Have you found yourself pondering how (make 1) that new person in your life (be 2) friends with you? Do you want (get 3) closer and (demonstrate 4) your support, loyalty and love to your friends? Read on for ways (be 5) a great buddy and in the process, show your pals how you would like (treat 6), too.

Steps

1. Be real. Are you trying (be 7) friends with someone (accept 8) into a certain clique, or because you’d like (get 9) (know 10) someone else that he or she knows? That’s not friendship, it’s opportunism. Every person you meet has the right (accept 11) (or not) on his or her own merits, it’s better to just be yourself than (let 12) anyone else (influence 13) you into being someone you are not.

2. Be loyal. If your friend tells you something in confidence, don’t blab about it to anyone else. Don’t talk about your friend behind his / her back. Never say anything about your friend that you would not want (repeat 14) face to face. Don’t let others (say 15) bad things about your friend until you’ve had a chance (hear 16) your friend’s side of the story.

3. Be respectful. Know the boundaries. Things you and your friend discuss should (treat 17) with care – your friend is not sharing this information with just anyone. S/he shared it with you – and only you. If your friend doesn’t want (name 18) his or her crush, don’t push him or her into it.

4. Watch out for your friend. If you sense that s/he is getting drunk at a party, help him or her (get 19) away from the alcohol. Don’t allow your friend (drive 20) drunk.

5. If your friend is going through a crisis, don’t tell them everything is going (be 21) all right if it’s not going (be 22). It’s hard not (say 23) this sometimes, but false reassurance can often (be 24) worse than none, and it may (undermine 25) your friend’s ability (go 26) through the crisis as well as they might. Instead, tell your friend that whatever they need, you are there for them.

6. Give advice, add perspective. Don’t judge your friend, but do advise (stay 27) out of situations where they may (harm 28) themselves or others. Tell him / her how you perceive the situation, and what you might (do 29) in the same circumstances. Don’t be offended if they decide (ignore 30) your advice. Your friend must (make 31) his or her own decisions.

7. Give your friend space. Understand if s/he wants (be 32) alone or (hang out 33) with other people. Allow it (happen 34). There’s no need (become 35) clingy or needy. Friendship doesn’t require that you always have (pair 36) together.

8. Listen to them. You don’t have (agree 37) with them – just listen to what they have (say 38). Make sure they are talking too and you are not just running your mouth. Some people don’t really find it interesting (listen 39) to someone 24/7.

9. Always treat a friend as you would like (treat 40). Don’t do or say anything to them that you wouldn’t want (do 41) to you. Be there for them through thick and thin as long as they are a TRUE friend to you. Also learn (forgive 42) and (apologize 43).

171. Rewrite the sentences so as to use infinitives wherever possible.

1. The first couple that was shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was “Mary Kay and Johnny”.

2. The Flinstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon that was aired during prime time.

3. Franklin Pierce was the first U.S. President who had a Christmas tree in the White House.

4. The first American president who delivered a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding.

5. The purpose of tonsils consists in destroying foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in.

6. In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership if a person was born with a crooked nose.

7. The Dutch people are known as the tallest in Europe.

8. Neptune was the first planet in our solar system that was discovered by mathematicians.

9. If a person was born on Sunday it was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times.

10. The first African-American who received the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph J. Bunche in 1950.

172. Insert the particle to where necessary.

As nearly everyone knows, the boss has practically nothing do but decide what is be done; tell somebody do it; listen to reasons why it should not be done; why it should be done by someone else; or why it should be done in a different way; follow up see if the thing has been done; discover that it has not been done; ask why it hasn’t been done; listen to excuses from the person who was supposed do it; follow it up again see if the things has been done, only discover that it has been done incorrectly; point out how it should have been done; wonder if it is not time get rid of a person who cannot do anything right; reflect that he or she has a wife or a husband and a large family, and that certainly any successor would be just as bad, and maybe worse; consider how much simpler and better the thing would have been done if one had done it oneself in the first place; reflect sadly that one could have done it right in twenty minutes, and, as things turned out, one has had spend two days find out why it has taken three weeks for somebody else do it wrong.

173. Translate the text into English using infinitives wherever possible.