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The infinitive without to is used

• after modal verbs ( can, will, may, might, must, could, would etc…)

          – I must stop smoking because I cough terribly in the mornings.

          – You shouldn’t tell her a lie.

• after ” had better / would rather / would sooner “

         - If you want to save money, you had better buy an economical car.

• after ” feel, hear, let, make, see, help ” in active form.

         – I never let my sister use my computer.

         – On Sundays I help my mother water the flowers.

         – Unfortunately my manager made me work extra three hours yesterday.

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Infinitive with to

We use to infinitive

• to show purpose.   Hasan went to the market to buy some batteries for his portable cd player.

                                        I called her to say “I love you.” ( purpose of my call )

• after certain verbs ( agree, appear, decide, expect, hope, plan, promise, want, refuse, plan….)

         - They agreed to meet in front of Kipa at 3 o’clock.

         – Lale’s decided to buy a new car after the accident.

         – Although Metin promised to buy the tickets, he forgot.

         – Because of some financial problems, the company refused to employ new employees.

         – Merve wants to redecorate her house.

• after certain adjectives: ( sorry, happy, difficult, unable, glad, obliged etc… )

          - My father was happy to hear that I had found a good job.

          – It is difficult to change a flat tyre if you don’t know how to change it.

          – Meral was sorry to hear that she hadn’t passed the test.

• after ” I would like / would love / would prefer ” to show specific preference.

          – I would like to drink red wine, please.

          – Because it was a tiring day, she’d prefer to stay at home.

• after certain nouns: ( pleasure, privilege etc… )

          – It was really a pleasure to cook something for her.

          – It’s my privilege to announce the most valuable player of the season.

• after ” too / enough ” constructions

          – My sister Elif is too short to be a basketball player.

          – I’m too tired to go to Hurley’s party.

          – Deniz is tall enough to be a model.

          – Although she finished two universities, she isn’t talkative enough to be a sales manager.

• after: be + the first / second etc… / next / last / best etc…

          - I was the last to finish the race.

          – Autumn is the best season to go to Abant.

• with: it + be + adjective ( + of + noun / pronoun )

          - It was kind of him to bring some flowers when he first visited his girlfriend’s parents.

          – It was rude of me to behave like that in front of the audience.

• with ” only” showing an unsatisfactory result

          – Kemal went there only to learn he had failed the driving test. ( he went there but the result was disappointing )

• in the expression: ” for + someone + to inf“

          – For Alex de Souza to score a goal from a free-kick is very easy.

          – For me to win this prize was unbelievable.

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LOOK FORWARD TO : to feel excited about something that is going to happen in the future.

Check these sentences

I’m going on a holiday next week. I’m really looking forward to it because I’m very tired of working.

She hasn’t seen her son for a month. He’s coming tomorrow. She’s looking forward to seeing her son.

Fenerbahçe has just transferred Ronaldo. All the fans are looking forward to meeting him at the Atatürk Airport.

 

******ATTENTION: We use a gerund ( -ing form of the verb ) after look forward to.

e.g.  I’m looking forward to going to Turkey next week. 

 

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