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INFINITIVE

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English Grammar 

5 Ways to Use Infinitives

TRANSCRIPT Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on five ways to use infinitives. To refresh our memory, an infinitive in English is "to" plus the base verb. So for example, "to run", "to play", " "to hide", "to eat", "to go" -- these are all examples of infinitives. Now, despite the fact that infinitives refer to actions, they often perform the same function as nouns. So let's look at the five ways that we can use infinitives in English. So here, we have -- infinitives can be subjects. They can be the subject of a sentence. This is a very formal structure, but it is possible. For example, "To do the right thing is not easy." "To learn a new language is helpful." So here, we have "to do", "to learn", okay? And again, these are infinitives. And this is a very formal structure. So in speaking, we don't often use infinitives as subjects, but I want you to know that it is possible. However, in speech, when we use infinitives in this kind of context, we usually put them in the middle of an "it" phrase. So for example, instead of saying, "To do the right thing is not easy", we say, "It's not easy to do the right thing." Or instead of, "To learn a new language is helpful", in common speech, we say, "It's helpful to learn a new language." Okay? So again, this is formal; this is much more common. Okay? Second of all, infinitives can be objects. So for example, "I want to help you." Here, we have "I", "the subject, "want", the verb, "to help" -- and "to help", here, would be an object. Okay? So, "I want to help." "They love to travel." And in both of these sentences, the infinitive is actually the object of the sentence. Here, No. 3, infinitives can be subject complements. Now, a "complement" is basically something that gives you more information about the thing you're talking about. In this situation, we want more information about the subjects of these sentences. So for example, "Her job -- okay." "Tell me more about her job." "Her job is to assist you." So if this is a receptionist, for example, her job is to assist you. You're giving more information about her job. "My dream -- my dream is -- what is your dream? Give me more information about your dream." "My dream is to open a business." Okay? So here, we have infinitives used as subject complements. Now, these last two -- infinitives can be adjectives and adverbs -- you might be surprised because when you think of adjectives, you probably think of colors or words like "happy" or "sad" or "cold" or "hot". However, if you're not comfortable with thinking of them as adjectives, maybe think of them as object complements. And that's another way to look at it if mentally it doesn't make sense for an infinitive to be an adjective. However, let's look at an example. "I told you" -- so here, we have subject, verb, object. "I told you to wait." So what did I tell you? I told you to wait. So you're describing what you told this person. "He wants me to leave." What does he want me to do? He wants me to leave. So I'm describing what he wants. Again, adjectives are description words, right? Describing what he wants. I'm describing what I told you. Okay? And finally, adverbs -- so again, adverbs give more information about a verb. In thinks situation, "We must study" -- we have the verb "study". "Why must we study?" "To learn." So here, you have a verb plus infinitive. And here, "I want to learn to sing." So here, "I want to learn" -- "to learn" is an object. And we want to give more information about the object and why we do it. So here, we have "to sing". Now, again, grammatically, if you don't understand "adjective", "adverb", "subject complement", it's not -- I don't want to say it's not important, but in everyday speech, it's not that important to be able to say, "This is an adjective"; "this is an adverb"; "this is a complement." The most important thing is do you understand these sentences when you see them? Do you understand the meaning of, "We must study to learn"? "I want to learn to sing"? As long as you understand what the sentences mean, the grammatical language is not as important, as long as you know how to use it in different parts of the sentence. Okay?

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Bruno OliveiraRaze Teaching

STATIVE Verb

 Maple Leaf ESL

Grammar Series - 

How to use Stative Verbs

Stative verbs are verbs that express a state rather than an action. They usually relate to (1) thoughts, (2) emotions, (3) relationships, (4) senses, (5) states of being and (5) measurements.

like	know	belong
need	understand	seem
prefer	believe	depend
agree	remember	matter
mind	recognize	see

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3- Stative Verbs - أفعال الشعور

 Ahmed Alsalhi

 Easy English Class

Dynamic and Stative verbs - Easy English Class

Abstract Verbs => 1) know, 2) want, 3) need

Emotion Verbs => 1) love, 2) hate, 3) prefer

Possession Verbs => 1) have, 2) own, 3) belong

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English Grammar 

5 Ways to Use Infinitives

C, Causative verbs, Passive Causative, verbs, English Grammar, grammar, engVid, engVid_Alex

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English Grammar: Passive Causative 

Make, Have, Let, Get, Help

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English Grammar: Causative Verbs

Make, Have, Let, Get, Help

C, Collocations, Playlist, grammar, English Grammar, part 2

FCE COLLOCATIONS part 2

C, Collocations, Playlist, grammar, English Grammar, part 1

Collocations

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Collocations Playlist

FCE COLLOCATIONS part 1

C, content words, F, function words, grammar, English Grammar

Q1. What are the content words? 

Content words are words that have meaning for example, Can you drive? Here, drive (to drive) is a content word, while can and you are Function words.

Therefore, we refer to content words as an "open" class. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are content parts of speech. 

Q2. What are the function words?

Function words are words that exist to explain or create grammatical or structural relationships into which the content words may fit.

F, Function words, determiners, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, modals, qualifiers, question words. G. grammar, E, English Grammar

What are Function Words?

Function words include determiners, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, modals, qualifiers, and question words. Content words are words with specific meanings, such as nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and main verbs (those without helping verbs.)

C, Collocations, merged collocations, binary collocations,

1. pay attention - binary
2. close attention - binary
3. pay close attention - merged collocation

L, Lexemes

lexeme

/ˈlɛksiːm/

noun

LINGUISTICS

1. a basic lexical unit of a language consisting of one word or several words, the elements of which do not separately convey the meaning of the whole.

Difference b/w lexeme and word

L, Lexemes
P, Phrasemes

P, Phrasal verbs, Phrasal, verb, delexical verbs, get on, get off

E, erg verb, ergative verbs, V, Verbs, ambitransitive verbs

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David Nicholls

ERGATIVE VERBS

1) the weather was changed (by whom). << incorrect
2) the weather changed. << correct

3) We broke down. (Our car broke down on the motorway) -- break down - intransitive verb
4) I sneezed. (sneeze -- no object) intransitive verb

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AMBITRANSITIVE

the verbs read, understand may be used either (transitively and intransitively)
5) I've read the book. ('the book' is an object) -- transitive
6) I've been reading for ages. -- intransitive

7) I understand -- intransitive (no object)
8) I understand you -- transitive verb (you is the object)

ERGATIVE (object of an intransitive verb can be the subject of the intransitive verb)

1) Dave closed the shop. -- active (close is an ergative verb)

2) The shop closed. -- active (close is an ergative verb - transitive verb 'close' used intransitively)

3) The shop was closed. (by Dave) -- passive

C, D, V, Delexical Verbs, Verbs, Collocations, Delexical Structures

Delexical Verbs, Verbs, Collocations, Delexical Structures

 Englishing

Delexical Structures 

Delexical verbs

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