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To Infinitives

The document provides a comprehensive overview of to-infinitives, gerunds, and conditional sentences, including their usage and examples. It includes exercises for practice, such as filling in blanks, correcting sentences, and joining sentences with connectives. Additionally, it features a grammar summary and an answer key for self-assessment.

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To Infinitives

The document provides a comprehensive overview of to-infinitives, gerunds, and conditional sentences, including their usage and examples. It includes exercises for practice, such as filling in blanks, correcting sentences, and joining sentences with connectives. Additionally, it features a grammar summary and an answer key for self-assessment.

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1 To-infinitives

To-infinitives: ‘to’ + the base form of a verb e.g. ‘to’ + ‘do’ = to do


We put to-infinitives in these places in a sentence:
after most adjectives
after most verbs
to give reasons to give opinions
wish, decide, hope, plan, agree, happy, surprised, pleased, important, difficult, wrong,
refuse, promise, need, want, sad, proud, glad, sorry, dangerous, exciting,
afford, prepare, fail, choose, try delighted, relieved amazing, touching, scary
Edmond plans to travel overseas. Dan is happy to see Ben. It is important to do
(Dan is happy because he exercise.
sees Ben.)

Circle the correct answers. Marks: /2

I want i (travel / It is dangerous


ii (to travel / travelling)
to travel) around the
world when I grow up. alone. Bring me with you!

The underlined words are wrong. Write the correct forms Marks: /10
of the words in the blanks.
e.g. It is amazing see many of you again here. to see
1 They can’t afford buy the flat.
2 Susan promised to works harder in the exam next time.
3 It is dangerous swimming in the sea during heavy rain.
4 I’m pleased to hearing that you’ve changed your mind.
5 We are surprised see a cat on his head!
6 The actor refused to accepts the award. 
7 Brian is relieved knowing that his sister is safe.
8 My brother chose to told our father everything. 
9 The girls are excited meet the movie star.
10 We want becoming teachers when we grow up.
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Date:
Total Marks: /26

Use ‘not’ before the to-infinitive to form the negative infinitive.

✗ My family decided to not go travelling. ✗ I am glad to not miss the bus.


✓ My family decided not to go travelling. ✓ I am glad not to miss the bus.

Use ‘to be’ before adjectives and nouns.

✗ It is wrong to rude to your friends. ✗ I want to a doctor when I grow up.


✓ It is wrong to be rude to your friends. ✓ I want to be a doctor when I grow up.

adjective noun

There is one mistake in each line. Find the mistakes and Marks: /14
correct them. Follow the examples below.

Last year, my cousin Liam decided^move to London because he e.g. to


wanted to learn English better. I was not to surprised to hear the news e.g. to

because I knew he wanted to polishes his English overseas. e.g. polish

However, it was still sad say goodbye to him. Before he left, 1

we planned to gave him a surprise by holding a farewell party for him. 2

We gathered at my aunt’s house that day and were excited see 3

Liam’s reaction. My aunt told Liam not come home until the evening 4
so that we could to have enough time to prepare the party. When Liam 5

came home in the evening, he was astonished to seeing us all. 6

We gave him our card and gifts. He was touched to receiving so many 7

blessings. He tried not to cry but failed do so when he 8

read our card saying ‘we are proud to your cousins’. 9

He promised to not to disappoint us. 10

I often talk to Liam by send him text messages. 11


I am pleased to knowing that he enjoys his new life. It is 12

very brave of him choose to live in another country 13

by himself. I wish to independent like him one day. 14


HKEP

polish (v.)   astonished (adj.)   independent (adj.)

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7 Revision Test 1
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words. Marks: /18

Koey: Max, would you like 1 (hang) out with us this Saturday?
Max: Sorry, I plan 2 (do) revision for the whole weekend. I have
promised my parents 3 (not let) them down in the coming exam.
Jamie: But it is also important 4 (relax). If you 5
(push) yourself too hard, you 6 (feel) stressed and
7 (not achieve) the expected result. Why don’t you
8 (give) yourself a break for a day?
Koey: Jamie, how about 9 (tell) Max our plan first?
Jamie: Sure! We 10 (go) hiking if the weather 11 (be)
good. I am asking my brother to join us. If he 12 (come), he
13 (drive) us to the starting point.
Koey: The hiking route 14 (become) slippery if it 15
(rain). If the weather 16 (turn) bad that day,
we 17 (not go) out and 18 (play) board
games at my home.

Join the sentences with ‘either … or / neither … nor’. Marks: /12

1 You can speak English, or you can speak French in this city.

2 Jasmine does not tidy up her room. She does not sweep the floor.

3 Mike does not like swimming. Katy does not like swimming.

4 Miss Chan cleans the blackboard, or the monitors clean the blackboard.

5 I cannot play badminton. I cannot play basketball.

6 I go jogging in the morning, or I go jogging in the evening.

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Date:
Total Marks: /58

Fill in the blanks with ‘very little / very few / enough / Marks: /12
not enough’.
Mum: There is 1 oil to cook. Can you help buy a bottle for me?
Zac: Sure. I have 2 homework today so I have already finished it.
Mum: Take my shopping bag with you. Yours is too small and can carry 3
things. Do you have 4 money in your wallet?
Zac: Yes, I have used 5 money this week.
Mum: The next bus will arrive in two minutes. There is 6 time for you to
catch it.
Zac: I will walk to the supermarket. My notebook has 7 pages left. There
is 8 space for me to do revision. I need to stop by the bookshop
anyway.
Mum: The small bookshop may not have 9 choices for you. You can use
your sister’s notebook as she has used it 10 times. She spends
11 time on revision every day.
Zac: But she always makes 12 mistakes in tests and exams.

Fill in the blanks with the given words. Marks: /16

so   so that   because   and   or   but   either … or   neither … nor

Every day, Molly wakes up at 6:45 a.m. 1 gets dressed by herself. Her mum
makes her breakfast every morning 2 she doesn’t need to cook
3 buy breakfast by herself. Molly takes 4 the bus
the MTR to school. She goes to school on foot 5 she wants to
do more exercise. When it rains, 6 her dad her mum will drive
her to school 7 she will not get wet.
Molly loves walking to school 8 she can chat with her friend Daisy on the
way. Daisy is not in her class 9 they are both school librarians. They share the
same hobby 10 they became good friends. Molly is not good at Chinese
11 English 12 Daisy is talented in languages. Every Saturday,
Molly goes to Daisy’s house 13 Daisy can teach her English. Molly likes animals
14 she has 15 a cat a dog at home,
16 she enjoys playing with Daisy’s puppy after revision.

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29 Type 3 Date:

Conditional Sentences
Total Marks: /14

We use Type 3 conditional sentences to talk about things which did not happen
in the past.
past perfect tense would / could / might have + past participle

I had done revision , I would have passed the exam.


If
you had not been late , we could have caught the train.

Circle the correct words. Marks: /4

1 If I (have read / had read) the review before, I would not have chosen this restaurant.
2 If she had listened to her mum, she (will not hurt / would not have hurt) herself.
3 If they had done more practice, they (could get / could have got) better results.
4 Susan could have fallen from the cliff if John (had not pulled / would not have pulled) her back.

Are the underlined words correct? Put a tick (✓) or write Marks: /10
the correct forms of the words in the blanks.
e.g. If I had gone to the party, I would have met Mr Jones. (correct) ✓
e.g. Katie would have won if she was a few seconds faster. (wrong) had been
1 If I have met Mason, I would have returned his toy to him. 
2 If the weather had been fine, we would go hiking.
3 If he got up early today, he would have taken the earlier bus. 
4 Mum could not hurt herself if she had been careful.
5 Jack would have joined the competition if we encouraged him.
6 Dad would not be angry with you if you had not lied. 
7 The man had missed the bus if he had bought the newspaper.
8 If they had stood there, the car would have hit them.
9 If Declan talked to Jane politely, she would have helped him.
10 If Lily had been more patient, 
she might have won at chess.

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Grammar Summary
Gerunds & Infinitives
Gerunds Before verbs (as the subject) e.g. Flying kites is joyful.
(verb + ‘-ing’) After certain verbs: enjoy, like, love,
e.g. Mum started cooking.
e.g. ‘do’ + ‘-ing’ start, finish, avoid, spend, keep
= doing After prepositions: on, in, at, for,
e.g. Kim is tired of walking.
about, of, up, off, by, with, after
To-infinitives After most verbs: refuse, decide, try,
e.g. Harris agreed to help me.
(‘to’ + base form prepare, choose, fail, promise, afford
of a verb) After verb (tell, ask, allow, teach,
e.g. Mum told me to stay home.
e.g. ‘to’ + ‘do’ encourage, advise, remind) + object
= to do After most adjectives: afraid, angry, sad, e.g. I am happy to stay with
excited, good, happy, important, nice you.
Bare infinitives After modal verbs: can, could, must, e.g. We must wear uniforms to
(base form of a may, might, should, will, would, ought to school.
verb) After verbs of sense: feel, hear, notice,
e.g. I heard the boy sing.
e.g. ‘can’ + ‘do’ listen, see, smell, observe, watch
= can do After certain verbs: help, make, let e.g. He let me use his pen.

Conditional Sentences
To talk about facts that are generally e.g. I f you mix red and yellow, you get
Type 0
true orange.
To talk about possible results in the
Type 1 e.g. If it is cold, Rose will put on a scarf.
future
To talk about unreal situations in the e.g. I f I were a millionaire, I would build
Type 2
present and the future a big castle.

Connectives
e.g. W
 e washed our hands so that we would not get
so that To talk about purposes
sick.
e.g. W
 e did not want to get sick (,) so we washed
so To talk about results
our hands.
e.g. W
 e washed our hands because we did not want
because To talk about reasons
to get sick.
To show two options e.g. I want either tea or juice.
either … or
(any one of the two things) Either Alan or Peggy can dance.
To link two negative ideas e.g. I want neither tea nor juice.
neither … nor
(none of the two things) Neither Alan nor Peggy can dance.
To talk about things that e.g. U
 nless you hurry, you will be late.
unless / if
are likely to happen If you don’t hurry, you will be late.
although / e.g. A
 lthough the weather is good, we stay at home.
To join opposite ideas
but The weather is good but we stay at home.

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Answer Key
Unit 1
A (i) to travel (ii) to travel
1. to buy 2. work 3. to swim 4. hear 5. to see 6. accept 7. to know
B
8. tell 9. to meet 10. to become
1. sad^  to 2. gave  give 3. excited^  to 4. not^  to (to 不定式的否定句在 not 後加上 to 。 )
5. could to  to 6. seeing  see 7. receiving  receive 8. failed^  to 9. to^  be
C
10. promised to  to 11. send  sending ( 在介詞後的動詞要轉為動名詞 (ing 形動詞 ) 。 )
12. knowing  know 13. him^  to 14. to^  be

Unit 2
A (i) opens (ii) will bump
1. comes 2. will go 3. finds 4. do not / don’t eat 5. has 6. is
B
7. will stay 8. will not / won’t know 9. will not / won’t see 10. find
1. hits  hit 2. crushes  crush ^I
3.  If ( 兩句句子以逗號分隔時, If 應放在句子開首。 )
4. don’t  won’t 5. break  breaking 6. will  will 7. becomes  become
C
8. will  will 9. it won’t  isn’t 10. doing  do 11. ^fail  will
12. Do  Will ( 這裏是第一類條件句,因此改為以 Will 開首問句。 ) 13. be  are 14. taught  teach

Unit 3
A (i) so (ii) because
1. so 2. so that 3. so that 4. so 5. because 6. so that 7. because
B
8. so that 9. because 10. so
1. I^  was 2. and  but 3. that  that ( 後面句子並不是目的而是結果,因此刪去 that 。 )
4. shocked^  to 5. curious^  so 6. so  because 7. or  and
C 8. because  because (because 和 so 不可出現於同一句子中,如以 because 開首,兩句要以逗號分隔。 )
9. so^  that 10. glad^  to 11. and  or 12. seeing  see
13. bottle^  because 14. so^  that

Unit 4
A (i) enough (ii) very little
B 1. little 2. is 3. is 4. few 5. is 6. are 7. few 8. are 9. little 10. are
1. few  little 2. little  few 3. person  people 4. had  did ( 用 did not have enough 表示不足夠。 )
5. not^  have 6. there^  was 7. was  were 8. place  places 9. little  few
C
10. decided^  to 11. choice  choices 12. times  time (time 在這裏指時間,是不可數名詞。 )
13. there^  was 14. few  little

Unit 5
A (i) swimming (ii) Let’s
1. do 2. Let’s 3. play 4. join 5. catch 6. ask 7. to see
B
8. having 9. go 10. to buy
1. going  go 2. ^take  will 3. don’t  not 4. visit  visiting 5. do  don’t
6. shall^  we 7. wasting  waste 8. to  to
C
9. booking  book ( 這裏接前面的 Let’s 作提議,因此改為原形動詞。 )
10. little  few 11. asks  asking 12. so  because 13. like^  to 14. inviting  invite

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