tailieunhanh - Grammar practice for upperintermediate - part 7

Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar practice for upperintermediate - part 7', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Gerunds and infinitives 8 In addition to. work such long hours she also does all the jobs in the house. 9 I ve been thinking about it all night but I m no closer to. find a solution. 10 It was very unfortunate that you forgot to. post that letter. 11 The key to. sleep soundly is to have regular exercise. 12 I don t know why you object to. work with her. She seems very nice. 13 When did you decide to. give up the course 14 This problem is similar to. have problems with money it s not a problem until you find you haven t got any. 15 They re proposing to. open a new airport just outside the town. 44 be adjective infinitive be adjective to-infinitive The verb in the infinitive often refers to an event in the future He is keen to change his job. They re willing to lend US the money. We re sure to have a good time. be adjective of feeling to-infinitive I m pleased to see you. We were sorry to hear your news. be adjective describing personal characteristic of person to-infinitive It was silly of her to say that. It s good of you to come. It was selfish of me to ignore you. be adjective describing the activity to-infinitive This book is very difficult to read. She s very amusing to talk to. Note After adjectives like nice lovely great wonderful awful and horrible we can use the ing form present participle or the to-infinitive It s nice seeing you. It s nice to see you. The ing form describes the activity in progress and the to-infinitive describes the whole event. But in practice the use of the two forms is very similar. 122 Gerunds and infinitives Practice 44 Rewrite the sentences using be adjective to-infinitive. 1 We re going to leave. We re ready. We re ready to leave. 2 He s afraid of telling her the truth. 3 I received your letter. I was delighted. 4 I heard about their divorce. I was surprised. 5 You shouldn t interrupt people. It s rude. 6 You brought those flowers. It was very kind of you. 7 Heating this house is very expensive. 8 I saw you last night. It was .