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Unit 1
Food matters
Grammar and usage
Discuss and share:
What ‘s your favourite food?
Would you like to describe your experience as a real foodie?
• As a real foodie, I enjoy all kinds of foods. My dream is to try different restaurants and taste various foods.
• Yesterday I invited some friends to try a great new restaurant for dinner.
• We arrived at the restaurant, only to see a huge line of people waiting to get into the restaurant.
• Nothing can stop our determination to have a try. We decided to wait outside.
• After an hour of waiting, we were invited to go into the restaurant and take the order.
• The dishes are extremely delicious. It is worthwhile to have such a long wait.
To-infinitives
Exploring the rules
Below is a blog entry about eating out and eating at home. Find the sentences that use to-infinitives as subjects.
Working out the rule
When the to-infinitive is used as a subject, we usually use the preparatory subject at the be