Exercise 2. Раскройте скобки, употребляя требующуюся форму инфинитива.

Exercise 1. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на ActiveInfinitive и PassiveInfinitive.

Функции инфинитива в предложении

Форма инфинитива

Инфинитив в английском языке может иметь различные формы времени и залога.

Indefinite Infinitive–обозначает действие, которое происходит одновременно с действием выраженным глаголом в личной форме: It is interesting to study foreign languages.

Continuous Infinitive–употребляется для выражения длительного действия, протекающего одновременно с действием, выраженным глаголом в личной форме : It was pleasant to be driving the car again.

Perfect Infinitive – обозначает действие, предшествующее действию, выраженному глаголом в личной форме. He was to have helped her.

Perfect Continuous Infinitive –показывает, что выраженное им действие началось до действия глагола-сказуемого и все еще продолжается. It’s terrible to have been waiting for her so long.

Инфинитив служить в предложении:

1. подлежащим: To skate is pleasant.

2. именной частью составного сказуемого: Your duty is to inform me about it.

3. дополнением: I asked him to help me.

4. определением: He expressed a desire to help me.

5. обстоятельством: I went to the station to see off a friend.

После следующих глаголов инфинитив употребляется с частицей to:

to agree to offer to decide to appear to forget to refuse

to attempt to plan to seem to promise to manage to arrange

to pretend to fail to hope to afford to tend to dare

to learn(how) to like to want to threaten

1. Nature has many secrets to be discovered yet. 2. To improve your phonetics you should record yourself and analyse your speech. 3. This is the book to be read during the summer holidays. 4. To be instructed by such a good specialist was a great advantage. 5. To play chess was his greatest pleasure. 6. The child did not like to be washed. 7. Isn't it natural that we like to be praised and don't like to be scolded? 8. Which is more pleasant: to give or to be given presents? He is very forgetful, but he doesn't like to be reminded of his duties.

1. Неseems (to read) a lot. 2. Неseems (to read) now. 3. He seems (to read) since morning. 4. He seems (to read) all the books in the library. 5. I want (to take) you to the concert. 6.1 want (to take) to the concert by my father. 7. She hoped (to help) her Mends. 6. She hoped (to help) by her friends. 9. I hope (to see) you soon. 10. We expect (to be) back in two days.