| | Active
| Passive
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| Indefinite
| to write
| to be written
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| Continuous
| to be writing
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| Perfect
| to have written
| to have been written
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| Perfect Continuous
| to have been writing
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The Functions of the Infinitive
| Немає потреби говорити правду.
Було б помилкою так думати.
| Необхідно вивчати це.
Було приємно знову розмовляти англійською.
| Головне, щоб тебе вірно зрозуміли.
Ваша робота – доглядати за тваринами.
| Вона не хотіла, щоб її бачили там.
Ми вирішили залишитись вдома.
Не забудьте вимкнути світло.
| Ми були раді, що запросили його на обід.
Дівчинка боялась, що її поведуть до стоматолога.
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To tell the truth is not necessary.
To think so would be a mistake.
| It’s necessary to study it.
It was nice to be speaking English again.
| The main thing is to be understood.
Your job is to look after the animals.
| She didn’t want to be seen there.
We decided to stay at home.
Don’t forget to switch off the light.
| We were glad to have invited him to dinner.
The girl was afraid to be taken to a dentist.
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is necessary
to do smth should be important
means a mistake
to do smth
| necessary to do smth
it is easy to be done
important to be doing
strange
| The main thing is to do smth
The idea was to be done
His job
| to promise
offer
remember to do
forget to be done
decide
| to be glad to do smth
pleased to be doing smth
angry to have done smth
afraid to have been doing smth
delighted to be done
to have been done
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A
| B
| A
| B
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Subject
| Predica-
tive
| Object
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The Functions of the Infinitive
| Він перший, хто це говорить.
| Ні з ким порадитись.
| Ця новина стане сенсацією.
| Я прийшла сюди, щоб працювати.
Вона вдавала хвору, щоб залишитись вдома.
| Ви надто молоді, щоб носити чорне.
Вона досить доросла, щоб її можна було прийняти за її матір.
| Він зупинився, неначе хотів підібрати слова, щоб висловити свою думку.
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He is the first to tell it.
| There is nobody to consult with.
| It’s the story to hit the headlines.
| I’ve come here to work.
She pretended to be ill to stay at home.
| You are too young to wear black
She is old enough to be taken for her mother.
| He paused as if to find a way to phrase his thought.
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first
the last to do smth
second
| somebody
nobody
anything to do smth
someone
| man
time
place to do smth
thing
| to give
to do sth to be given
in order to give
so as to be given
| young to do
(too) old (enough) to be done
easy to have
difficult been done
| to do smth as if to do smth
as though
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A
| B
| C
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Attribute
| Adverbial Modifier
of Purpose
| Adverbial Modifier of Result
| Adverbial Modif. of Compari-
son
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