[Unit 8] 8A Gerunds and infinitives Flashcards
After a long day at work or university, do you find there’s ‘too much’ / think about and your head is spinning?
After a long day at work or university, do you find there’s ‘too much’ to think about and your head is spinning?
There’s [how much] to [do]
..and then you decide ‘it’s no use’ + try to go to sleep and you ‘may as well get up’.
..and then you decide ‘it’s no use’ trying to go to sleep and you ‘may as well get up’.
She answered all the exam questions correctly; she seems / understand the material well. (= похоже поняла)
She answered all the exam questions correctly; she seems to have understood the material well.
If you enjoy + be soothed to sleep by music, why not create the ultimate collection of soothing tracks?
If you enjoy being soothed to sleep by music, why not create the ultimate collection of soothing tracks?
enjoy + ing
When you’re trying to fall asleep it’s very easy + become irritated by background noises.
When you’re trying to fall asleep it’s very easy to become irritated by background noises.
adj + to verb
[Obituary]
During her life, Joan set up five successful start-ups; she seems / have a talent for business.
She seems to have had a talent for business.
She often mentions her travels; she seems / travel frequently.
She often mentions her travels; she seems to travel frequently.
However, sometimes ‘the best way’ + deal with background noises is by accepting them.
However, sometimes ‘the best way’ to deal with background noises is by accepting them.
Imagine your body is full of tiny people all working away with hammers.
Announce that their shift is over so they‘d ‘better + go home’.
Announce that their shift is over so they’d ‘better go home’.
sb’d better + infinitive (WITHOUT ‘to’)
There’s no point in + make judgements (‘I should have been asleep hours ago’), or indulge in catastrophic thinking.
There’s no point in making judgements (‘I should have been asleep hours ago’), or indulging in catastrophic thinking.
They were quoting Shakespeare; they seem / read his complete works.
They were quoting Shakespeare; they seem to have read his complete works.
Sometimes I even get my husband to join us, if he’s having t_ sleeping.
(= если ему сложно заснуть)
Sometimes I even get my husband to join us, if he’s having trouble sleeping.
If I go to work tomorrow without + have had eight hours’ sleep, I’ll mess up that presentation, lose my job, and die tired and alone.
If I go to work tomorrow without having had eight hours’ sleep, I’ll mess up that presentation, lose my job, and die tired and alone.
By the time you wake up in the morning, you may be pleasantly surprised + have slept all night long
By the time you wake up in the morning, you may be pleasantly surprised to have slept all night long!
She talked about her trip to Spain; she seems / travel there recently.
She talked about her trip to Spain; she seems to have traveled there recently.
His father died without + ever say sorry for everything he’d done.
His father died without ever having said sorry for everything he’d done.
