Unit 54
Verb + infinitive
(a)
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agree offer decide appear forget refuse attempt plan seem learn (how) promise manage arrange pretend dare threaten fail hope afford tend |
Если за этими глаголами следует еще один, то
обычно используется конструкция
глагол + to + инфинитив:
- As it was late, we decided to take a taxi home.
- I like George but I think he tends to talk too much.
- How old were you when you learnt to drive? ( или `learnt how to drive')
- They agreed to lend me some money when I told them the position I was in.
Обратите внимание на примеры с отрицанием
not to ...:
- We decided not to go out because of the weather.
- He pretended not to see me as he passed me in the street.
С другими важными глаголами (например, think и
suggest) нельзя использовать форму инфинитив:
- Are you thinking of buying a car? ( а не `thinking to buy')
- Tom suggested going to the cinema. (а не `suggested to go')
(b) Формы continuous infinitive (to be doing) и
perfect infinitive (to have done) обычно
используются после seem, appear и pretend:
- I pretended to be reading. (= I pretended that I was reading)
- You seem to have lost weight. (= it seems that you have lost weight)
(c) После dare можно использовать неопределенную
форму как с to, так и без:
- I wouldn't dare to ask him. или I wouldn't dare ask him.
Но после daren't Вы должны употребить
инфинитив без to:
- I daren't tell him what happened. ( а не `daren't to tell')
(d) После глаголов: ask decide know remember
forget explain understand можно ставить
вопросительное слово (what/where/how и т.д.)
+ to + инфинитив:
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We asked how to get to the station. Have you decided where to go for your holidays? Tom explained (to me) how to change the wheel of the car. I don't know whether to go to the party or not. |
Также:
show/tell/ask someone (кому-либо) what/how/where
to do something (делать что-либо):
- Can someone show me how to change the film in this camera?
- Ask Jack. He'll tell you what to do.