BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-20.1

20.1.

Verb + object + to-infinitive

PRESENTATION

You can ask someone to do something using verb + object + to-infinitive.

verb

object

to-infinitive

d

Tell

Ask

him

her

them

d

to photocopy this report.

I

You

We

They

s

want

need

‘d like

me

you

him

her

us

them

1

2

3

to photocopy this report.

a

He

She

wants

needs

‘d like

TIP

Say I want you to… (don’t say ~~I want that you …~~)

Key vocabulary

Office tasks: book somebody a room, meet somebody at the airport, organise meetings, photocopy a report, send somebody

a copy/ an email, take somebody to the station

EXERCISES⇒