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Unit 4 Exploring poetry
Grammar and usage
Grammar and usage
Overview of to-infinitives,
verb-ing and verb-ed forms
Lead-in
1. What are the main types of non-finite verbs?
To-infinitives, verb-ing forms and verb-ed forms.
2. What can to-infinitives, verb-ing and verb-ed forms be used as in a sentence?
Exploring the rules
1. To cook Chinese food is not easy.
2. My first thought at mealtimes was to eat at a restaurant.
3. Alice Brown, head teacher at Falmont Primary School, was
teaching when the floor began to shake.
4. We can always expect him to help us.
5. I was staying in Atlanta, and that was one of the cities to be hit.
6. That morning, I turned on the TV for some local news, only to
hear that a hurricane was on its way.
To-infinitives in sentences from previous units
subject
predicative
object
attributive
adverbial
object complement
Verb-ing forms in sentences from previous units
1. Sliding into the habit was easy, but it was difficult to quit the habit.
2. It was