Lesson: Verb + (object) + to ...
From The Grove - Academia de Idiomas
verb + to ... / verb + object + to ...
verbs | ||||
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want | ask | help | would like | |
expect | beg | mean | would prefer |
Estes verbos são seguidos de "to". Seja com um objeto entre o verbo e o "to" ou sem.
Examples:
verb + to
They expected to win. I asked to go home. He only meant to help. We would like to stay a bit longer.
verb + object + to
They expected me to win. I asked her to go home. He only meant for us to help. We would like you to stay a bit longer.
Exercises:
- 1. Do this translation exercise.
- 2. Use the expression in parentheses to reply to the following situations. You might be asked to write the answers down or just say them out-loud.
- a. ( want to ) - You just got home. You feel tired. You think that taking a shower is a good idea.
- Answer: I want to take a shower.
- b. ( wants me to ) - Your sister is planning a party. She has a lot of things to do and is asking for your help.
- c. ( is begging to ) - A mother and a little girl are walking past a carnival. The little girl is doing all she can to convince her mother to go inside.
- d. ( begged her to ) -
- e. ( help to ) -
- f. ( helped us to ) -
- g. ( would prefer to ) -
- h. ( would prefer them to ) - Your friends came to visit you, but now they have to go. Yet, you wish they could stay.
- a. ( want to ) - You just got home. You feel tired. You think that taking a shower is a good idea.