Structures with the Bare Infinitive

	Verbs of sense perception
She watched him park his	to see
car	to hear smb. do smth
	to feel
	to watch (formal)
	to notice (formal

The structure is used to speak of the action that one witnesses. The infinitive functions as part of a complex object.

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Ex.l. Join the two sentences into one (to be done in writing).

1. I saw her. She wrote an application and handed it to the secretary.

2. The actors rehearsed their parts. The stage-manager watched them.

3. She promised to keep her word. Everybody heard the promise.

4. The spectators exchanged their impressions over the play. I heard them.

5. I saw Irene. She came up to the usher and addressed her.

6. She flushed with excitement. I noticed the fact.

7. Gregory put the final touch to his composition. Peter watched him.

8. They played hockey. I watched them.

9. The taxi went at break-neck speed. I saw it.
10. Mary grew nervous. I noticed the fact.

11. He went up the street and entered a door. She watched him.

12. The town clock struck twelve. He heard it.

13. Her heart sank; a sudden cold chill passed through her body. She

felt it.

14. A famous actor recalled his first performance. He had been

awfully nervous and felt that his heart beat like a hammer.

15. The neighbours often heard how the Honoured Artiste of Russia

rehearsed in the small hours.

16. We noticed that the girl approached the cloak room attendant and

took a pair of opera glasses.

17. Nick saw that the attendant showed the girls to their seats in the

stalls.

18. The postman crossed the street. She watched him. 19. He shut the street door behind him. I heard it. 20.Tom worked at the computer. I watched him.

a) The Dean made the students
write an explanatory note.	make	smb.
b) They let him smoke in the	let	do
room.		smth.

The structure is used to express either compulsion (a) or permission (b). Ex.2. Complete the following sentences (to be done in writing).

1. My sister came home soaked to the skin, and I made her...

2. The sound of the door, opening again, made him...

3. When I was a schoolgirl, mother never let me...

4. She has been keeping my book for quite a while, I shan't let her...

5. While reading an exposition to us, the tutor never lets us...

6. A little boy came up to the stream and let his toy boat...

7. He gave a quick smile that made his still face...

8. A familiar melody made me...

9. Yesterday we had only two classes, and after that the tutor let us...

10. Who made the monitor...?

won’t have smb. do smth.

Str. Ill

The tutor won't have us miss classes without a reasonable excuse.

The structure expresses warning, dissatisfaction and has mainly a negative form.

The tutor	won't	students	hand in the dictations in
The Dean	have	us	time;
The	will have	classmissers	read books in the original;
monitor	lets	latecomers	leave out a passage for our
	makes		retelling; look up a word; do a bit of regular recording;
			speak into the microphone: make the prepositions
			emphatic; spend four hours on the exposition; flood our speech with a bit of too idiomatic English; idle away our time; join the library; cut classes; smoke in the corridors.
Ex.4. Disagree with the statements, using the pattern "won't have" (to be
done orally).

1. The mother never says a word against her son's putting too much pepper into soup.

2. My aunt allows her 10-year-old daughter to wear high heels.

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4. An usher won't object to your slipping into the cinema foyer without a ticket.

5. Nurses in the kindergartens put up with the children's lying in the sun for a long time.

6. Alec's cousin has nothing against travelling in the third-class sleeper.

7. I have never put up with the dentist's drilling my tooth without deadening the pain.

a) We had better go home now.	had better	do
b) I would rather stay a little	would	smth.
longer.	rather

The structure is used to express one's recommendation/advice (a) and one's

choice/preference (b).

Ex.5. Complete the sentences (to be done in writing).

1. Travelling by air did not produce any impression on me. We had better...

2. If I have time to spare, I would rather...

3. He is running a high temperature. You had better...

4. If you are eager to do excellently in your exams, you had better...

5. You look tired and exhausted. You had better...

6. The tap is dripping. You had better...

7. Mike's sister has a poor accent. She had better...

8. Ann is sweeping the floor with the broom. To save time I would rather...

3. Nina's husband doesn't mind her buying dresses old-fashioned in cut and colour.

9. The lectures on art fell short of their expectations. They had better...
Ex.6. What is your opinion about this? Express preference with WOULD
RATHER. Work with your partner (to be done orally). Speak of your likes

and dislikes.

She would rather not go out tonight. Would you rather visit London or Paris? Would you rather study German or Japanese? Wouldn't you rather go to a disco tonight? b) Which would you rather do....?

- cook dinner or wash the dishes?

- watch television or read a book?

- eat Chinese food or Russian food?

- be the oldest or the youngest child? on a Saturday night:

- go to a party or stay home?

- go to a movie or to a concert?

- play tennis or volleyball?

c) Which do you like better: apples or bananas?

Possible answers: I'd rather have a yellow banana than an apple. I like

bananas better than apples.

- rock music or classical music?

- rice or potatoes?

- a hamburger or a cheeseburger?

- warm weather or cold weather?

- chicken or roast beef?

- concerts or movies?

- tennis or badminton?

Why not come and talk to her yourself?

why not do smth?

Str.V

The structure is used to express advice and suggestion. It is used in interrogative (affirmative and negative) sentences beginning with WHY. Ex.7. React to the following according to the Model below (to be done o rally).

Model: - They have cornered me by their unexpected questions.

- Why not try to save yourself?

1. He has been awfully rude to everybody these days.

2. Please, help me to lay the table.

3. First of all they intend to buy a TV set for their new flat.

4. Many years have passed since Tom made a trip to the Caucasus.

5. Let's go to the bar to have a snack.

6. My father is dying to meet his old friend.

7. They keep the news of their engagement secret from their parents.

8. He turned out the drawers of the table, but found no pen there.

9. We are going to bake an apple pie for the birthday party.

10.The girls are at a loss. They don't know where to spend the weekend.