Part of Speech

Infinitives 1
Grammar and Vocabulary Ⅱ
October 4, 2011
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Let’s begin with small
conversation
Which season do you like best?
And why?
 Which season don’t you like? And
why not?
 Autumn is a good season for doing
various things. What is autumn the
best season for?
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読書の秋
⇒Autumn for Reading
⇒Autumn is the best season for
reading.
 芸術の秋
⇒Autumn for Art
⇒Autumn is the best season for art.
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Infinitives（不定詞）
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The form of a verb that usually goes
after ‘to’. The form can be either the
to-infinitive (e.g. to sing, to eat) or
the bare infinitive (e.g. sing, eat)
Exercise 1
(1) (See/To see/To seeing) is (believe/to
believe/to believing).
⇒To see is to believe.
(2) I came here (help/to help/helping) you.
⇒I came here to help you.
(3) We were glad (hear/to hear/hearing) the
news.
⇒We were glad to hear the news.
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(4) Would you like something (drink/to
drink/drinking)?
⇒Would you like something to drink?
(5) It is kind (of/for/to) you to say so.
⇒It is kind of you to say so.
(6) Please tell me when (push/to
push/pushing) the button.
⇒Please tell me when to push the button.
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(7) I hope (see/to see/seeing) you soon.
⇒I hope to see you soon.
(8) We decided (cancel/to
cancel/cancelling) the party.
⇒We decided to cancel the party.
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Exercise 2
(1) （私を）手伝いに来てください。
Please [me help come to].
⇒Please come to help me.
(2)それを知れば彼も喜ぶでしょう。
He [it know glad will be to].
⇒He will be glad to know it.
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(3) お会いできて嬉しいです。
It [see nice is you to].
⇒It is nice to see you.
(4) ここで皆さんにお話しできるのは光栄で
す。
It [here you talk to my pleasure is to].
⇒It is my pleasure to talk to you
here.
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(5) 中国人が日本語を学習するのは比較的簡単
だ。
It [Chinese Japanese study rather easy is for
to].
⇒It is rather easy for Chinese to study
Japanese.
(6) 何か熱い食べ物はありますか？
Is [anything hot to eat there]?
⇒Is there anything hot to eat?
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(7) 王教授がコンピュータの始動の仕方を教えて
くださった。
Professor Wang [computer start how to told
us the].
⇒Professor Wang told us how to start the
computer.
(8) 私たちは待つよりほかになかった。
We [to wait but nothing could do].
⇒We could do nothing but to wait.
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See you next week!
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