LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

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Key 16.1D-16.4A

16.1D Context
1 made to wear 2 let us wear 3 made us change
4 (to) be 5 made me suffer 6 'Let's expand
7 made the shoes expand 8, helped me (to) get

16.2 The bare infinitive or the '-ing' form; the
to-infinitive

16.2A Verbs of perception: 'Watch him draw/
drawing'
1 her cross the road.
2 her crossing the road.
3 something burning.
4 sing a song.
5 her shouting at the children.
6 waiting near the bank.

16.2B 'Have' + object: 'Have the next patient come
in'
1 bring 2 drawing 3 know 4 believe 5 ringing
6 laughing 7 playing 8 look at 9 marching
10 happen (or happening)


16.2C '(Not) to', 'so as (not) to', 'in order (not) to'
1 to do/in order to do/so as to do 2 so as not to/in
order not to splash 3 to sit 4 to see 5 to find
6 never to return 7 to go 8 to have been 9 to see
10 to have forgotten 11 not to feed 12 didn't tell us
to feed


16 .2D Context
1 running 2 bring 3 not to let 4 complaining
5 race/racing 6 disappear/disappearing
7 not to leave 8 to find

16.3 Verb (+ noun/pronoun) + fo-infinitive

16.3A 'He can't afford to buy it'
1 He can't afford to buy a car.
2 I failed to pass my driving test.
3 He's offering to pay for all of us.
4 Can you manage to move the desk on your own?
5 He's just applied to join the army.
6 I refuse to apologize to her.

16.3B 'I want (you) to speak to him'
Possible answers
1 you to speak to him.
2 her parents to pay.
3 you to write to them.
4 anyone to know about it.
5 you to listen to me?
6 two people to help me.
7 help (us) (to) move it.

16.3C 'He advised me to take out a loan'
1 me to take out a loan.
2 her to peel the potatoes.
3 us to work hard.
4 the soldiers to fire.
5 you to apply for free travel.
6 the public not to approach this man.
7 my wife and me to play tennis.

16.3D 'I know him to be an honest man'
1 People know him to be an honest man.
2 I imagine him to work very hard.
3 I believe her to be guilty.
4 I found the job to be too difficult.
5 We discovered the claim to be false.
6 I know her to have an interest in the company.

16.3E 'I agreed to accept their offer'
1 I agreed to accept the offer.
2 I hope to succeed.
3 I expect to hear from you.
4 He claimed to have met me.
5 I arranged to be there.
6 She pretended not to know me.

16.3F Context
1 wanted me to get rid of 2 failed to move
3 advised me to use 4 considered this to be
5 agreed to try 6 managed to get 7 proved to be
8 what to do 9 couldn't bear to shoot 10 took six of
us an hour to get

16.4 Adjectives and nouns + fo-infinitive

16.4A Adjective + 'to': 'It was kind (of him) to help
us'
1 He was foolish to leave the firm.
2 You would be stupid not to ask for more money.
3 Would you be so good as to ring me later?
4 Would you be good enough to open the window?
5 It was clever of him to work out (or to have worked
out) the answer.
6 It's silly of them not to take any part in local life.
7 It would look rude to refuse their invitation.
8 Wasn't it good of her to work overtime?
9 He's eager to help us in any way he can.
10 I was careful not to offend them.
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