- •Е.Н.Бобровская, е.Ю.Вовк, е.Г.Эсаулова
- •Contents Page
- •Grammar in Use 117
- •Verbals (Non-Finite Forms of the English Verbs)
- •In phrases, with one or more accompanying words.
- •The Infinitive
- •2. Introduction
- •3. Forms
- •Bare Infinitive
- •Functions
- •Functions of the infinitive
- •6. Infinitive Constructions
- •6.1. The Objective with the Infinitive Construction
- •6.2. The Subjective Infinitive Construction
- •Grammar practice
- •5. A) Use the infinitive in the non-perfect form of the active or passive voice.
- •6. Use either of the infinitives in brackets, give two variants where possible and explain the difference.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Insert the particle to where necessary.
- •Grammar in use
- •1. Read the dialogue; find all the bare infinitives and explain their use. Act out the dialogue in class.
- •I’d Rather Pack Now
- •2. Your friend is going away on holiday. Now, she (he) is packing her (his) suitcase. You are trying to help by giving advice.
- •3. Make up dialogues using the given phrases:
- •Read the text; find all the infinitives and state their functions. Retell the passage.
- •Read the story. State the functions of the infinitives. Retell the story using as many infinitives as possible.
- •Read the jokes. Analyze the function of the infinitives in them:
- •9. The Objective-with-the Infinitive Construction.
- •Read the dialogue. Find all the Objective-with-the Infinitive Constructions in it and explain their use. Learn the dialogue and act it out in class. Do the tasks below.
- •Read the story “Shark-eating people” and retell it, using the Objective-with-the Infinitive Construction where possible.
- •Read the story “Sea Saga” and retell it, using the Objective-with-the Infinitive construction where possible:
- •Read the extract about the Bermuda Triangle. Retell it, using the Objective-with-the Infinitive Construction where possible.
- •Read the text. Do the tasks below. A Road Accident
- •Read the following article about Christopher Columbus and list the information about him in your notebook under the two headings below, use the Subjective Infinitive Constructions.
- •Complete the sentences with the For-to-Infinitive Constructions and act out the dialogues.
- •In the Station Buffet
- •Fun with grammar
- •1. Proverbs
- •2. Nursery rhymes and poems.
- •Idealists
- •4. Familiar Quotations
- •5. Funny Stories
- •The Science of Speaking
- •6. Read the jokes. Analyze the function of the infinitives in them:
- •The Gerund
- •7. Introduction
- •8. Forms of the Gerund
- •9. Functions of the Gerund
- •Functions of the gerund
- •10. Gerundial Predicative Constructions
- •11. The Gerund and the Verbal Noun
- •12. The Infinitive and the Gerund
- •Predicative
- •The main thing
- •Part of a predicative
- •Prepositional Object
- •Grammar practice
- •Grammar in use
- •1. Read the story below and find all the gerunds. State their functions.
- •2. Read the following articles and answer the questions below. Nurses can help people give up smoking
- •Cigarettes kill 7 times more than roads major effort urged to stop child smokers
- •Let’s talk
- •1. What’s the problem in Trudy’s family? How common is it?
- •2. Sum up the advice given by the readers. Which of the advice may help, do you think? Which advice would you follow if you had the same problem? What advice would you offer Trudy?
- •Fun with grammar
- •1. Proverbs
- •2. Familiar Quotations
- •3. Limericks
- •4. Nursery Rhymes
- •5. Poems
- •6. Funny Stories No Use Trying
- •Friendly Advice
- •It Speaks for Itself
- •Tiger Hunting
- •A High Price
- •The Participle
- •14. Introduction
- •15. Forms of the Participle
- •An escaped prisoner
- •16. Functions of the participle
- •16.1. Attribute
- •16.2. Adverbial Modifier
- •16.3. Predicative
- •17. Misrelated Participles
- •18. Predicative Constructions with the Participle
- •18.1. The Objective Participial Construction
- •18.2. The Subjective Participial Construction
- •The subjective construction with
- •18.3. The Nominative Absolute Participial Construction
- •18.4. The Prepositional Absolute Participial Construction
- •18.5. Absolute Constructions without a Participle
- •19. The Gerund and the Participle
- •Grammar in use
- •Grammar in use
- •1. Alcohol and you
- •Did you know?
- •Alcohol myths
- •2. A) Read the following news story and answer questions about it.
- •Women in aids frontline Main cause of death for women aged 20-40
- •Fun with grammar
- •1. Proverbs
- •2. Familiar Quotations
- •3. Limericks
- •4. Nursery Rhymes and Poems
- •5. Funny Stories
- •General revision
- •1. Find all the verbals in the following text, state their functions. Going on a Trip
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into a correct form.
- •5. Use a participle, a gerund, or an infinitive, or a construction instead of the verbs given in brackets; underline them, name the non-finite form used and state its function.
- •6. Put in the correct forms. Tell the story to the class.
- •List of Grammar Books
- •398020 Г.Липецк, ул.Ленина, 42
Functions of the gerund
SUBJECT
P I |
doing smth |
+ does smth is smth |
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P II |
There is no was |
+ doing smth |
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P III |
It is + no use was useless no good fun a surprise a pleasure unexpected |
+ doing smth |
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PREDICATIVE |
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P IV |
The main thing is Smb’s wish was duty job hobby |
+ doing smth
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P V |
to feel like/up to to be for/against |
+ doing smth |
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PART OF A COMPOUND VERBAL PREDICATE |
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P VI |
to begin/start go on/keep/continue stop/give up |
+ doing smth |
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P VII |
to intend can’t help |
+ doing smth |
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DIRECT OBJECT |
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P VIII |
need/want avoid put off remember deny suggest mention imagine attempt |
+ doing smth |
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P IX |
to be worth |
+ doing smth |
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P X |
to mind to hate to love to like to enjoy |
+ doing smth |
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PREPOSITIONAL OBJECT |
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P XI |
to think OF suggest smb suspect smb OF accuse smb OF apologize FOR thank smb FOR object TO blame smb FOR succeed IN insist ON depend ON prevent smb FROM |
+ doing smth |
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P XII |
to be afraid OF fond OF ashamed OF tired OF keen ON clever AT annoyed AT disappointed AT used TO |
+ doing smth |
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ATTRIBUTE |
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P XIII |
intention OF plan idea point/sense purpose habit/way opportunity mistake … |
+ doing smth |
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P XIV |
There is no/little + sense IN harm She sees no point danger |
+ doing smth |
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ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF TIME |
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P XV |
IN, AT, AFTER, ON, BEFORE |
+ doing smth |
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ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF MANNER |
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P XVI |
BY, IN, THROUGH |
+ doing smth |
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ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF ATT.CIRCUMS. |
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P XVII |
WITHOUT |
+ doing smth |
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ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF CONCESSION |
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P XVIII |
IN SPITE OF |
+ doing smth |
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ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF PURPOSE |
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P XIX |
FOR |
+ doing smth |
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ADVERBIAL MODIFIER OF CAUSE |
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P XX |
FOR FEAR OF |
+ doing smth |
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