INFINITIVE: Functions, Bare Infinitive
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 462.
Exercise 9.1. Define the functions of underlined infinitives and translate the sentences.
1. 1. To go on like this was dangerous.
2. 2. Even to think of it gave him unbearable torture.
3. 3. It's useless to discuss this question.
4. 4. It couldn't do any harm to take her out of town.
5. 5. It's so kind of you to come.
6. 6. Little Abraham was made to put on his clothes.
7. 7. This fire is certain to produce a panic in the morning.
8. 8. By 11 o'clock her mother had chanced to look into her room.
9. 9. Why lose your temper over a little thing like that?
10. 10. Why not apologize if you know you're wrong?
11. 11. Me - write?! No!
12. 12. Her plan was now to drive to Bath during the night.
13. 13. All I want to do is help you.
14. 14. The most he could do at the moment was to give me a cigarette.
15. 15. The dwelling of Mrs.Betty was not easy to find.
16. 16. Is she nice to work with?
17. 17. His story is impossible to disprove.
18. 18. We must not leave him by himself any longer.
19. 19. The train was to leave at midnight.
20. 20. I intend to lead a better life in the future.
21. 21. Imprisonment began to tell upon him.
22. 22. Before daylight it started to drizzle.
23. 23. Clare continued to observe her.
24. 24. They gradually ceased to talk.
25. 25. Leila had learned to dance at boarding school.
26. 26. I pretended not to be listening.
27. 27. She claims to have read his diary.
28. 28. Can you afford to go on such an expensive trip?
29. 29. Who taught you to read and write?
30. 30. The next day she made up her mind to buy a copy of his article.
Þ Þ
· · He asked me to walk in.
· · He wanted me to walk in.
· · He ordered me to walk in. (?)
31. 31. I am curious to know the news.
32. 32. Dinner was ready to be served.
33. 33. I am sorry to have done you harm.
Þ Þ
· · She is likely to come soon.
· · She is nice to talk to. (+pleasant, hard, difficult, impossible)
· · She is glad to meet you.
34. 34. I've never known him act this way before.
35. 35. I arranged with the maiden to make my coffee in the morning.
36. 36. You'll find this new method to be of interest.
37. 37. I found it necessary to tell him that I'd been in touch with her.
38. 38. I thought it impolite to smoke.
39. 39. He felt it natural to accept their hospitality.
40. 40. I haven't had time to examine this room yet.
41. 41. I've got a lot to be thankful for.
42. 42. He wasn't an easy one to persuade.
43. 43. There must be a lot of things in this world to make you very happy.
Þ Þ
· · He had no one to look after him.
· · There was nothing to worry about. (OR: to be worried about)
· · He had an impulse to run away.
44. 44. To pacify her, I held the window ajar a few seconds.
45. 45. I was silent for a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark.
46. 46. We had gone into the middle of the park so as not to be overheard.
47. 47. His eyes were sharp enough to look after his own interest.
48. 48. His eyes were too weak to look after his own interest.
49. 49. He was so feeble-minded as to be unable to work.
50. 50. He is such a fool as to think that his idle chatter can influence others.
51. 51. Would you be so kind as to help me with this problem.
52. 52. He had only to open the door to find them waiting for him.
53. 53. I am sorry to have raised your expectations, only to disappoint you.
54. 54. She nervously moved her hand as if to stop him.
55. 55. She was more anxious to listen to the troubles of others than to discuss hers.
56. 56. I've got more important things to do than look at the sea.
57. 57. He returned ten minutes later to find Bridget ready for departure.
58. 58. The sun came out again to brighten the last spatter of rain.
59. 59. The motor started again, only to stop again in a moment.
60. 60. Alice arrived just in time to hear Tom's remark.
Þ Þ
· · Terribly depressed, he walked out one day never to return.
· · He walked out one day to buy a fresh newspaper.
· · He walked out one day, to be heard of three years later.
· · Finally, he walked out one day to meet his sister. (?)
61. 61. He had never gone into this room except to take cigars.
62. 62. There was nothing to do but escape.
63. 63. To hear him talk, you would think he was a celebrity.
64. 64. Well, to cut a long story short, they decided to live at the villa.
65. 65. He was rude, to say the least of it.
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