Objective Advanced Unit 15: In my view...

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Unit 15: In my view...

Objectives: After finishing this unit you'll have practised with expressing your opinion and you know the difference between a full and bare infinitive and are able to use them correctly.

Speaking

Exercise 4 (page 95): Do you agree with the statement:

What kids need today is discipline

What constructions have you used to express your opinion?

Go to page 96 ex. 3 and discuss whether you agree or disagree with these statements. While discussing, use at least 4 different ways of expressing your opinion.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Where would you like ____ lunch?

1. have
2. to have

I let him ___ early as he wanted ___ his wife.

1. go - meet
2. to go - meet
3. go - to meet
4. to go - to meet

You seem ___ this area very well.
~ Yes, I used ___ here.

1. know - live
2. to know - live
3. know - to live
4. to know - to live

Would you like ____ now or shall we ___ till the end?

1. go - wait
2. to go - wait
3. go - to wait
4. to go - to wait

You are not ___ in the corridors!

1. shout
2. to shout

My dad begged me ___ him!

1. forgive
2. to forgive

Mr Tip always intends ___ friendly and helpful.

1. be
2. to be

No worries! I'll have someone ___ it up for you!

1. clean
2. to clean

The full infinitive / to-infinitive

• after certain verbs ( afford, agree, appear, ask, choose, expect, help, hope, intend, prefer, pretend, promise, seem, want)
• after it+ be + adjective . Used to make a sentence more impersonal and the adjective describes the event that follows.
• after have + noun
• after allow, ask, beg,encouraged,force,persuade and teach in the pattern verb + someone + to do something
• after allow, ask, beg, encouraged, force, persuade and teach in the passive
• after  be  when it is a formal instruction
• to express purpose

Examples

I intend to make the most of the situation I am in at present.

It was daunting to meet the Queen of England.

I have no intention to make your life any harder than it already is.

The situation forced the police to use excessive violence, they said.

I was taught to use the passive in essays to make the text more impersonal.

You are to curtsey before members of the Royal family.

I am explaining this to you  to prepare you for the test

The bare infinitive (without to)

• after verb +someone + do something.  Usually with verbs  have, let, make
• after modal verbs

NOTE: some semi-modals already contain to: have to, ought to, need to

Examples

The teacher had the pupils write down the sentences.

My friend let me win at chess.

My mother made her children do chores around the house.

We may go to the cinema this weekend.

She should apologise to her friends for being late again.

now do exercises 1 and 2 on p. 97