Functions in a sentence

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 463.

INFINITIVE

UNIT 6

Put the verbs into the correct form of the Passive Voice.

a) The issue of the carbon emissions (to raise) at the meeting yesterday.

b) The envioronmental law (to review) in the Duma a week ago.

c) Most of the businessmen (to respect) by their staff.

d) The loan (to take) three months ago and none of the payments (to make) since then.

e) The conclusion (to make) on the basis of the in-depth analysis.

f) Some of our colleagues (to strike) with a strange desease now.

g) A month ago I (to ensure) that the domestic markert is safe from any crisis, but it turned out to be the other way round.

h) The passion for new ideas (to encourage) from the very childhood by the parents

i) The amount of greenhouse gases (to regulate) by the law.

j) The new policy of the Government (to carry out) last year, not everybody is satisfied, but still it is better than nothing.

E.g. to signal, to sort

E.g. to signal the start, to sort the material

-Infinitive as a Subject ( 1)

To v. … 2 …

E.g. To reconstruct this old building in such a short time is not an easy task.

-Infinitive as an Adverbial Modifier (0/4)

To v . … ( , ) ( 1 ) 2 …

E.g. To increase the interest of students we have to provide good education.

E.g. You have to know the other meanings of the verbs to understand this article.

In order to v . … ( , ) ( 1 ) 2 … ( 1 ) 2 … ( , ) to v.

E.g. In order to pick up enough experience to become a good specialist anyone should get good education .

- Infinitive as a part of a Predicate ( 2 )

1 am/is/are to v .

E.g. His aim is to become a doctor.

E.g. He is to come in time.

-Infinitive as an Attribute

n. to v.

E.g. He is the first to know the news.