Forms of the Infinitive

НИЖЕГОРОДСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ

ЛИНГВИСТИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

ИМ. Н. А. ДОБРОЛЮБОВА

Т.А. Бойцова, Л.Е. Кондаурова

ENGLISH VERBALS IN USE

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Издание 3-е, переработанное и дополненное

Нижний Новгород 2003

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PARTI

THE INFINITIVE

Forms of the Infinitive

		Active		Passive
	Indefinite	to read		to be read
	Continuous	to be reading
Transitive	Perfect	to have read		to have
Perfect Continuous	to have	been	read
		reading
	Indefinite Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous	to come to be coming to have come to have been
Intransitive
		coming

1. The indefinite infinitive expresses an action simultaneous with the
action, expressed by the finite verb, so it may refer to the present, past or
future:

I'm glad to meet you. I was glad to meet you. I shall be glad to meet you.

2. The continuous infinitive also denotes an action simultaneous with
that expressed by the finite verb, but it is an action in progress:

At the moment they happened to be standing near a tall building.

З.Тhе perfect infinitive denotes an action prior to the action expressed by the finite verbs:

I'm glad to have met you.

After such verbs as "Mean", "Expect", "Intend", "Hope", used in the Past Indefinite, the Perfect Infinitive shows that the hope or intention was not carried out:

I meant to have gone there (but failed).

4. The Perfect Continuous Infinitive denotes an action, which lasted a certain time before the action of the finite verb:

For about ten days we seemed to have been living on nothing but cold meat, bread and jam.

Ex.1. Give all possible forms of the following infinitives:

To lie, to choose, to show, to shake out, to break, to wear, to strike, to lay, to meet, to have, to knit, to clear, to smell, to do, to repair, to be, to wash, to remove, to hold, to make, to raise.

Ex.2. Give the forms of the Infinitive according to the descrip tion:

The active perfect continuous form, the active non-perfect non-continuous form, the passive perfect form, the active non-perfect continuous form, the passive non-perfect form.

Ex.3. Complete the sentences, pay attention to the form of the Infinitive.

1. I mean... 4. Everyone expected...

2. The students expected... 5. All of us hoped...

3. We hope... 6. My brother intended... Ex.4. Rewrite the sentences, making all the necessary changes to

show that the action expressed by the infinitive was not carried out and adding a phrase of your own in conclusion.

Model: - We expect to be back at the University by the end of the month.

We expected to have been back at the University by the end of the month, but we were delayed.

1. I hope to get a ticket for a football match.

2. I mean to write an essay this week.

3. My pal hopes to do excellently in her exams.

4. He expects to get a reprimand for missing lectures without a reasonable excuse.

5. Tourists mean to spend their time sightseeing when in Moscow.

6. Our trade-union organizer intends to get accommodation at the hostel for me.

7. Today I mean to treat my guests to roastbeef served with potatoes, carrots and parsnips.

8. Mother hopes to make a fine housekeeper of my sister.

9. Irene expects to stretch her new shoes with wearing.

lO.Boys expect to buy uniforms off the peg in the Central Department Store

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