Infinitive. Complex object

Exercise 1. Read the sentences and state the function of the infinitive:

1. To greet the guests is the hostes’s duty.

2. The boy explained seriously that the pockets were used to carry things that were absolutely necessary.

3. Mother had to repeat her request twice before her son turned his head. He seemed to have been lost in his thoughts.

4. The aim of the lesson was to introduce the words and train them in oral practice.

5. This is a hint for you to understand the whole thing better.

6. They decided to play the match on Saturday.

7. He made a remark in an angry voice to get me cross, too.

8. She seemed to have lost her temper.

9. Why do you want to be taken seriously in such a situation?

10. The people round the king were superstitious enough to have believed every word and trick of the witch.

Exercise 2. Read the sentences and state the form and function of the infinitive:

1. Can it be still raining?

2. She can't have been lying to everyone.

3. He could see that everybody was ready to set off for the trip.

4. Could I ask for help?

5. She can't still be waiting for us.

6. Could you have misunderstood me?

7. Helen seems to be losing her temper.

8. I want you to take Jenny to the dentist.

9. She wants to be taken seriously.

10. It was nice to be speaking Russian after a week of staying in England.

11. What I want most of all at the moment is to be left alone.

12. They were astonished to have found me in such a company.

13. The girl was delighted to have been dancing the whole evening.

14. The boy was old enough to be taken to the ceremony.

15. You are too careless to have promised Jim so much.

16. It was not easy to understand how it could be stopped.

17. He is known to have been one of me most famous writers of the 50s.

18. I was walking so quickly that I might be thought to be following the woman in front of me.

19. Granny is supposed to be taken to hospital.

20. The cat is not likely to have been stolen.

21. At that time I happened to be working at my first book of poems.

Exercise 3. Open the brackets and use to - or "bare" infinitive:

1. He was so clever that he could (to answer, to be answered, answer) all possible questions.

2. The story was too short (to be read, to read), at the lesson.

3. Bob is as pleased as Pete (to be praised, to have been praised, to praise, have been praised) in the class.

4. We must (to arrive, to be arriving, arrive) there in the morning.

5. You ought (to be, be, have been, to have been) more attentive during the last test.

6. He seems (to be asking, to ask, be asking) stupid questions - look, everyone is smiling.

7. Kate asked me to show how (to be opened, open, to open) the box.

Exercise 4. Open the brackets using the appropriate form of the infinitive:

1. I don't want her/think, to think/me/say, to say/a lie.

2. The doctor made them/to open, open/the windows to air the stuffy room and/stop, to stop/smoking at once.

3. Everybody knew him/to speak, speak/both English and French fluently.

4. His joke made us all/to laugh, laugh/heartily.

5. Don't make her/agree, to agree/with you. It will do no good - she is very stubborn.

6. She saw them/look, to look/at the map of the city that is why she saw/they were strangers, them to be strangers/.

7. I didn't expect the weather/to change, change/soon so I hadn't taken the umbrella.

8. Everybody believes Greg/to be, be/a very good surgeon.

9. Why didn't he want us/see, to see/him off to the railway station?

10. I think I was right - I let him/ask, to ask/all the questions and answered them frankly. There is no place for tricks between the partners.

11. Who told you that I considered him/be, to be/a coward?

12. She didn't want anyone to see her/to cry cry/and wanted everyone/to leave, leave her alone.

Exercise 5. Open the brackets using the proper form of the Infinitive or Participle:

1. I heard him/speak/to his friend about his voyage to far-away countries.

2. They wanted us/do/this work as soon as possible.

3. For a long time they watched the girls/play/tennis.

4. We didn't expect him/be/so rude with his parents.

5. The revolution made lots of people/leave/their native country.

6. I can't let you/quarrel/on trifles.

7. He was known/be/an ethnologist and a linguist.

8. All of sudden she felt her limbs/tremble/.

9. The teacher was closely watching the students/write/the dictation.

10. There was no way/to peep/into a scribble.

Test №7