Дополнение (Object)

Инфинитив в функции дополнения может употребляться после глаголов (to agree, to arrange, to attempt, to choose, to decide, to deserve, to expect, to fail, to help, to hesitate, to hope, to learn, to manage, to mean, to offer, to omit, to plan, to pretend, to promise, to refuse, etc.), прилагательных и причастий (able, afraid, amused, annoyed, anxious, ashamed, astonished, bound, careful, certain, content, crazy, curious, delighted, determined, difficult, due, eager, easy, fit, fortunate, free, frightened, glad, grateful, good, happy, hard, helpless, horrified, impatient, interested, keen, likely, lucky, obliged, pleased, ready, relieved, right, safe, slow, sorry, etc.)

Models:

She agreedto come at ten.	Она согласиласьприйти в десять.
I’m powerlessto do anything.	Я бессильна, что-либо сделать.
I’m delightedto see you again	Я очень радавидеть вас снова.

После глаголов to cause, to get, to lead, to make заставлять, вызывать, вынуждать, быть причиной, приводить к инфинитив выполняет функцию второго дополнения, первое дополнение, как правило, выражено существительным или местоимением.

Models:

Heat causes snow to melt.	Тепло заставляет снег таять.
We got him to return to the same subject	Мы убедили его вернуться к той же теме.
The facts led us to assume that …	Факты заставили нас предположить, что…

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences using the infinitives as objects. Translate the sentences.

to be alive	to meet	to hear	to tell	to be	to learn	to retire
to post	to be	to start	to hear	to switch off	to have seen	to give

1. He claims... an expert on the subject. 2. I’m sorry, I forgot...your letter. 3. I was sorry... that you thought I disliked you. 4. I propose... early. 5. I’m glad... you. 6. He promised... here at 6 o’clock. 7. He decided... when he reached the age of sixty. 8. He was anxious... you. 9. You are lucky... after being in that accident. 10. He was afraid... his colleagues about it. 11. I was horrified... that my brother’s plane had crashed. 12. I was relieved... that my brother was safe. 13. Don’t forget to... the light, when you leave the room. 14. He promised... his son a bicycle as a birthday present.

Exercise 2. Use the adjectives in brackets to express your feelings.

Model: I saw a photograph of myself on the first page (astonished). — I was astonished to see a photograph of myself on the first page.

1. I found that no preparations had been made (surprised). 2. I heard that I could have every weekend off (delighted). 3. I saw that I had passed the exam (glad). 4. I saw that I had failed the exam (sorry). 5. I found that the Englishman understood me (pleased). 6. I learnt that no room had been reserved for me (annoyed). 7. I heard that you can’t come skiing after all (disappointed). 8. I found everyone still in bed at eleven o’clock (shocked). 9. I saw that the beds had been made (glad). 10. I heard that the last train had just left (disappointed).

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. The author has attempted to make the student feel that genetics is a growing science. 2. It is hard to get lichens grow under laboratory conditions. 3. Observations on dogs treated with testosterone propinate led us test this compound in man. 4. The chromosomes cause the offspring to resemble their parents. 5. His interest in optics led him to examine all sorts of objects with the compound microscope. 6. Diseases cause changes to occur in tissues. 7. These findings may help to account for the results.

Exercise 4. Translate the sentences into English. Follow the models given above.

1. Прости, я забыл опустить твоё письмо. 2. Я предлагаю забыть об этом. 3. Он обещал вернуться в воскресенье. 4. Он решил уйти на пенсию в шестьдесят лет. 5. Она постоянно забывает выключать свет. 6. Он боялся забыть о своём обещании. 7. Вы не забыли выключить плиту? 8. Я обрадовалась, когда узнала, что он сдал экзамен. 9. Я огорчилась, когда узнала, что последний поезд уже ушел. 10. Я очень хочу побеседовать с ними. 11. Я рад, что послушался вашего совета. 12. Он был в восторге, увидев ее на вечере. 13. Мы удивились, когда встретили его у вас дома. 14. Он был огорчен, что не достал билет на концерт.

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