Language Work

The Infinitive

Forms of the Infinitive

Infinitive	Active	Passive
Indefinite	to construct	to be constructed (to be + Participle II)
Perfect	to have constructed (to have + Participle II)	to have been constructed (to have been + Participle II)
Continuous	to be constructing (to be + Participle I)	__________
Perfect Continuous	to have been constructing (to have been + Participle I)

The Complex Subject

Compare:

It is said that the car is broken. The car is said to be broken.

Говорят, что машина сломана.

Subject	Predicate (the expressions, the Passive Voice)	Subject (to + infinitive)
I	am (not)	likely supposed	to know Physics well.
You/we/they	are (not)
He/she/it	is (not)
	Predicate (the Active Voice)
You/we/they	seem
He/she/it	doesn’t seem

The Complex Subject

noun/personal pronoun (nominative case)+verb+infinitive

The Complex Subject is used with the following:

Expressions	Verbs in the Passive Voice	Verbs in the Active Voice
to be likely to be unlikely to be sure to be certain	to say/ to know to think/ to report to suppose/ to expect to consider/ to assume to believe/ to see to hear etc.	to seem/ to appear to prove/ to turn out to happen/ to occur

For example:

· The project is likely to be completed soon.

· The Sun is considered to provide us with all the energy we need.

· We happened to work together for the same company.

1. Fill in the table.

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb	Translation	Transcription
	collect
	mount
satellite				спутник	[′sxtIlaIt] (n)
		square			[skweq] (n,v,adj,adv)
	construct
	utilize			использовать	[′ju:tIlaIz] (v)
advantage(of/over)
beam				луч
	find
	involve
light		light
	permit
purpose				цель	[′pE:pqs] (n)
reference	refer (to)
research
		sensitive		чувствительный
shape	shape
size
hour
quality

2. Here are some suffixes to make an adjective. Translate them into Russian.

A. Verb + -able, -ible

reproduce (воспроизводить) reproducible (то, что можно воспроизвести,

воспроизводимый)

repair (…) repairable (…)

break (…) breakable (…)

represent (…) representable (…)

rely (…) reliable (…)

predict (…) predictable (…)

consider (…) considerable (…)

prefer (…) preferable (…)

B. Verb + -ant, -ent

differ (различаться) different (различный)

depend (…) dependent (…)

resist (…) resistant (…)

C. Noun + -al

centre (центр) central (центральный)

mechanic (…) mechanical (…)

technology (…) technological (…)