| It’s interesting that in Britain more people have a television than a washing machine. But my washing machine has a terrible picture! |
Интересно, что в Британии больше людей имеют телевизор, чем стиральную машину. Но у моей стиральной машины ужасное изображение! |
Verb + infinitive
(a)
| agree offer decide appear forget
refuse attempt plan seem learn (how) promise manage arrange pretend dare threaten fail hope afford tend |
Если за этими глаголами следует еще один, то обычно используется конструкция глагол + to + инфинитив:
— As it was late, we decided to take a taxi home.
— I like George but I think he tends to talk too much.
— How old were you when you learnt to drive? ( или `learnt how to drive’)
— They agreed to lend me some money when I told them the position I was in.
Обратите внимание на примеры с отрицанием not to …:
— We decided not to go out because of the weather.
— He pretended not to see me as he passed me in the street.
С другими важными глаголами (например, think и suggest) нельзя использовать форму инфинитив:
— Are you thinking of buying a car? ( а не `thinking to buy’)
— Tom suggested going to the cinema. (а не `suggested to go’)
(b) Формы continuous infinitive (to be doing) и perfect infinitive (to have done) обычно используются после seem, appear и pretend:
— I pretended to be reading. (= I pretended that I was reading)
— You seem to have lost weight. (= it seems that you have lost weight)
(c) После dare можно использовать неопределенную форму как с to, так и без:
— I wouldn’t dare to ask him. или I wouldn’t dare ask him.
Но после daren’t Вы должны употребить инфинитив без to:
— I daren’t tell him what happened. ( а не `daren’t to tell’)
(d) После глаголов: ask decide know remember forget explain understand можно ставить вопросительное слово (what/where/how и т.д.) + to + инфинитив:
| We asked how to get to the station.
Have you decided where to go for your holidays? Tom explained (to me) how to change the wheel of the car. I don’t know whether to go to the party or not. |
Также:
show/tell/ask someone (кому-либо) what/how/where to do something (делать что-либо):
— Can someone show me how to change the film in this camera?
— Ask Jack. He’ll tell you what to do.