Verb
+ infinitive
(a)
agree
offer decide appear forget
refuse
attempt plan seem learn (how)
promise
manage arrange pretend dare
threaten
fail hope afford tend
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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:
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.
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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.
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