sarro17 English Grammar | LeamEnglish | Briish Council | to + infinitive Espafiol ’ We use the to-infinitive: + to express purpose (to answer "Why..2"): He bought some flowers to give to his wife. He locked the door to keep everyone out. We sometimes say in order to or in order not to: We set off early in order to avoid the traffic. They spoke quietly in order not to wake the children . OF we Can Say SO as to or So as not to: We set off early so as to avoid the traffic. They spoke quietly so as not to wake the children + after certain verbs (see verbs followed by infinitive (/node/1404/), particularly verbs of thinking and feeling: choose, decide, expect, forget, hate, hope, intend, learn, like, love, mean, plan, prefer, remember, want, would like, would love and verbs of saying: agree, promise, refuse They decided to start a business together. Remember to turn the lights out. Some verbs are followed by a direct object and the infinitive(see. verbs followed by infinitive (/node/1404, advise, ask, encourage, invite, order, persuade, remind, tell, warn, expect, intend, would prefer, want, would like She reminded me to turn the lights out. He encouraged his friends to vote for him. + after certain adjectives. ‘Sometimes the fo-infinitive gives a reason for the adjective: * disappointed hitps:leamenglish,brtisncounci.orglesiengish-grammariverbstinfntive 19sarro17 English Grammar | LeamEnglish | Briish Council | to + infinitive * glad © sad * happy * anxious «pleased * surprised * proud = unhappy We were happy to come to the end of our journey = We were happy because we had come to the end of our journey John was surprised to see me = He was surprised because he saw me Other adjectives with the fo-infinitive ar © able unable * due © eager keen « likely © unlikely * ready © prepared © unwilling * willing Unfortunately | was unable to work for over a week. Lam really tired, I'm ready to go to bed, We often use the to-infinitive with these adjectives after it to give opinions: difficult = easy possible impossible = hard © right hitps:leamenglish.brtisncounci.orglesiengish-grammariverbtinfintivesarro17 English Grammar | LeamEnglish | Briish Council | to + infinitive ® wrong « kind « nice clever silly ® foolish It’s easy to play the piano, but it's very difficult to play well. He spoke so quickly it was impossible to understand him. We use the preposition forto show who these adjectives refer to: difficult = easy possible impossible hard It was difficult for us to hear what she was saying. It is easy for you to criticise other people. We use the preposition ofwith other adjectives: It’s kind of you to help. It would be silly of him to spend all his money. + As a postmodifier (see noun phrases (/node/1336/) after abstract nouns like: © ability © desire = need © wish attempt failure opportunity chance intention Ihave no desire to be rich They gave him an opportunity to escape. She was annoyed by her failure to answer the question correctly, hitps:leamenglish.brtisncounci.orglesiengish-grammariverbtinfintivesarr2017 English Grammar| LeamEnglish | British Council | to + infinitive + We often use a to-infinitive as a postmodifier after an indefinite pronoun (See indefinite pronouns (/node/1294/)): When | am travelling | always take something to read. Iwas all alone. | had no one to talk to. There is hardly anything to do in most of these small towns. (https://gamedata britishcouncil.org/d/GapFillDragAnd Drop NDQ40A== xml) Verbs - to infinitive Drag the phrases with the ‘to infinitive’ and match them to make correct sentences. 12 items remaining, & so as not to be disturbed 3 to have made their & so as to have a chilled bottle o to get a better view 3 to go to the wedding because @ in order not to upset ® to hear all your latest news in order to get a good seat’ 7 @ to hear you hadn't passed 3 to work all these extra hours é to see her again so soon’ to take out some money’ Need a little more help with your English? Find a course in your country (/es/courses?WT.ac: age-promo} hitps:leamengiish.britsheounciorgesienglish-gremmariverbsinfintivesarr2017 English Grammar | LeamEnglish | Briish Council | to + infinitive Comments aA Adya's reps on? Ju, 2017-159 Indica (/ES/COMMENT/111800#COMMENT-111800) Thanks a lot aA Aaya's replecon 1 uy, 2017-1809 Ini ee (/ES/COMMENT/111777#COMMENT-111777, i In the sentence, "I want to play cricket’, is "cricket" an object of "to play"? Can to-infinitives have objects as transitive verbs have? ‘Similarly, can to-infinitives be used as objects of transitive “to play" an object of the verb "want"? /ES/COMMENT/111794#COMMEN- 111794) Hi Adya's, ‘Yes, the infinitive can take an object and can be an object, just as your examples show. Well done! Hello vannak, I'm afraid we don't provide answers for questions from elsewhere. I's not our role to do people's, homework or tests for them! hitps:leamenglish,brtisncounci.orglesiengish-grammariverbtinfintivesarr2017 English Grammar | LeamEnglish | Briish Council | to + infinitive Best wishes, Peter The LearnEnglish Team aA NG replied on 13 June, 2017 - 12:51 Iran sctwsix /ES/COMMENT/111207#COMMENT-111207) Hello, Thank you for your lessons. | have a question Why we use gerund "getting" after "to" inthe folowing sentence? They are more welcoming to getting help from specialists, (/ES/COMMENT/111208#COMMEN’ 111208) Hello N-G, The word 'to' can be used in different ways. Often itis, part of an infinitive (e.g. to go’, 'to get’), but other times, like in the sentence you ask about, itis a preposition, When we use a verb after a preposition, it goes in the gerund form, which is why ‘getting’ is correct here. All the best, Kirk The LearnEnglish Team hitps:leamenglish.brtisncounci.orglesiengish-grammariverbstinfntivesarr2017 A English Grammar | LeamEnglish | Briish Counc | to + infinitive replied on 13 June, 2017 - 13:44 tran prawn Neg /ES/COMMENT/111215#COMMENT 111215) Thanks, How can | recognize where "to" is a preposition? For example, my sentence is similar to the below sentence, It's easy to play the piano. In both of them there is an adjective before "to". (/ES/COMMENT/111236#COMMEN 1-111236) Hello N-G, You have to look at the words that surround ‘to’ If there is a base form of the verb (eg. 'be’, ‘go’, ‘eat’ sleep’ after 'to’, it's most likely an infinitive, If there is an - ing form (e.g, ‘being, ‘going’, etc, it's probably a preposition. It's also useful to learn common structures that infintives are used in. For example "t's! + adjective + infinitive is a very common structure, and is what is used in your sentence about the piano. | hope this helps you. Allthe best, kirk The LearnEnglish Team hitps:leamengiish.britsheounciorgesienglish-gremmariverbsinfintive 79.sarr2017 English Grammar | LeamEnglish | Briish Counc | to + infinitive replied on 27 Ap |, 2017 - 01:57 Sri Lanka peau. . (/ES/COMMENT/109585#COMMEN" aA ‘aie 109585) hello J.we say "I'm on my way to work" but which is the correct one form these? can we use a verb? I'm on my way to go home" or “I'm on my way to home" 2. can we use "AS" like this ? The characteristics of protons are as given as below a Kirk replied on 27 Apri, 2017 - 06:47 Spain reansine (/ES/COMMENT/109590#COMMENT- 109590) Hello raj ik, 1. 'to'is used with words to indicate direction, but isn't used before the word ‘home’ -- this is an exception to the general rule. So the correct form is "Tm on my way home’. With other words, you should use 'to', e.g. ‘on my way to school’, on my way to your house’, 'on my way to class’, etc. 2. Ihave found examples of ‘as given as below’ in a quick internet search, but 'd recommend saying ' are as given below, ie. | wouldn't repeat the ‘as! before ‘below’ All the best, Kirk The LearnEnglish Team A rajjk replied on 28 Apri, 2017 02:44 Sri Lanka (JES/COMMENT/1096194#COMMEN. 109619) hitps:leamengiish.britsheounciorgesienglish-gremmariverbsiinfintivesarr2017 English Grammar | LeamEnglish | Briish Council | to + infinitive thank you! Cookies Freedom of information Mapa del sitio Fi jerms of Use Accessibility Privacy and uently asked questions House rul © British Council The United Kingdoms international organisation or cultural relations and educational opportunities, [A registered charity: 209131 (England and Weles) $CO37733 (Scotland). IP: 10044692 hitps:leamenglish.brtisncounci.orglesiengish-grammariverbtinfintive