Infinitive [1, p.128]
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The infinitive is a verbal form (a non-finite verb form) which consists of the base form of the verb with the particle "to": to do; to go; to play; to take; to break; to find.
The finite verb forms express the time of the action in the present, past, or future.
For example: He works in a bank. He worked yesterday. He will work tomorrow.
Exercise 1Choose the correct form.
a. We decided __________ (run) through the forest.
b. He wanted __________ (to buy) a new computer game.
c. He promised_________ (to pay) me back.
d. He agreed ______ (buy) a new car.
e. He pretended___ (to be) ill, but he wasn’t really.
Exercise 2 Complete each sentence with a suitable verb.
(how) to use to live to get to tell
a. Don’t forget to lock the door when you go out.
b. We have got new computer software in our office. I haven’t learnt ________ it yet.
c. Mark doesn’t know what happened. I decided not ________ him.
d. We couldn’t afford _______ in London. It’s too expensive.
e. There was a lot of traffic, but we managed _________ to the airport in time.
Exercise 3 You are going to listen to a radio programme about laughter clubs. [2. T. 2.08].
Fill in the test.
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True
False
1.
Young children laugh much more than adults.
2.
Laughter clubs started in the USA.
3.
There are not hundreds of laughter clubs all over the world.
4.
Laughter releases happy chemicals called endorphins.
5.
Laughing is good for the heart and good for the lungs.
Exercise 4Retell the text using the following questions.
a. What kind of thing makes you laugh?
b. How do you feel after a good laugh?
c. When was the last time you laughed so much you couldn’t stop?
d. What kind of jokes do you know?
e. How many anecdotes can you say?
Exercise 5 Read the text and translate the first paragraph.
The role of Internet
A lot of people today use internet for their work. Almost all of the people have an internet service in their home and many people use internet through the mobile phone too. From the Internet we can find a lot of information, meet with old friends through the chat room, sharing information through various discussion forums, to share images or videos and other things to people all over the world.
In the world today many people use facebook, twitter, yahoo messenger, etc. to chatting with our friend in everywhere. They belevied that communicating with this way is cheaper than communicating by telephone.
If we have a broadband connection, we connect to the Internet at once. If not, we have to set up and connect to our dial-up service. Finally, if we want to find some information in the Internet, we are to type an address of this data in the browser we use or simply use the existing search-programs such as the google search program, rambler search program, yandex search program or yahoo search program. They are very simple and popular networks of sites.
Anyway, Internet does have a wide range of functions but also have a variety of bad things. so, use the Internet as needed and still keep your privacy to obey the ethics of Internet use. It is becoming popular day by day. We can get some news from the Internet, because there are many informational servers in the web.
Exercise 5 Read the text and write suitable heading to each paragraph
Exercise 6 Speak on the given topic:
How do you think the Internet will develop during the next twenty years in relation to these areas?
Entertainment, work, money, politics, personal communications.
Exercise 7 Discuss with your partner. Do you use the Internet?
Make a list of things you can do on the Internet. You may use of some of these words and phrases.
as a way of contacting old friends
as a source of up-to-date information
as a way of making new friends
as a source of free entertainment
for keeping in touch with people