Open the brackets, putting the verbs in the correct forms

Exercise 3.8.1

1. You can find out this bank’s phone number by (look) in the directory.

2. Last year our company attempted (take over) its nearest competitor.

3. The growth in multinational corporations (to manufacture and trade) on a worldwide basis has led to the growth in the overseas operations of major banks over the last twenty years.

4. As is known, a bank’s size is a significant factor in (determine) how banks are organized.

5. One of the most important functions of a central bank is to accept responsibility for (advise) the government.

6. (Earn) profits cannot be the responsibility of business, because its main exercise is to create organizations with a real commitment to the community.

7. The Anti-Monopoly Minister was accused of (to be inefficient) because he discourages original ideas and postpones decision-making.

8. (Increase) its range of services to private individuals, our bank (install) and is continuing to develop its own electronic transaction card system.

9. (Hope) to restore investor confidence, the US administration has adopted a law (tighten) regulation of companies’ financial reporting.

10. Deposits, payments and credits are the basis of the services (to offer) by banks.

11. The services make it possible for banks to generate profits and achieve their (to operate) aims.

12. The necessary information is (to provide) by the profit and loss account for the period in question.

13. A bank's (to account) systems are (to design) to record and present the many transactions that take place every day.

14. A bank should have (to retain) profits in the business for future operations.

Infinitive or the ing- form

Verbs followed directly by the to -Infinitive	Modal verbs followed by the to -Infinitive	The to - infinitive after object+verb (Complex object)	The bare infinitive after object+verb (Complex object)	Verbs and expressions followed by the bare infinitive	Verbs followed by the ing -form
agree	be	bribe	make	can	admit
aim	have	command	let	may	anticipate
appear	ought	compel	help*	must	appreciate
arrange	used	enable	see**	need***	avoid
ask		entitle	hear**	have****	consider
attempt		feel	watch	shall	defer
bother		force	observe	will	delay
care		hear	notice	could	deny
choose		implore	feel**	should	detest
claim		induce		would	dislike
decide		instruct		had better	dread
decline		invite		would rather	enjoy
demand		oblige		can’t but	escape
determine		order		dare***	excuse
fail		persuade			fancy
forget		remind			finish
guarantee		request			forgive
happen		see			imagine
hesitate		show how			involve
hope		teach			keep
learn		tell			mean
manage		tempt			mind
neglect		train			miss
offer		urge			pardon
plan		warn			postpone
prepare		watch			practise
pretend					prevent
proceed					propose
promise					resent
prove					resist
refuse					risk
resolve					suggest
seem					understand
tend
threaten
trouble
try
undertake

Infinitive or the ing- form

(continued)

The ing -form after the verb or the to -infinitive after object+verb	The to -infinitive after certain nouns	The to -infinitive or ing -form after the verb (no change of meaning)	The to -infinitive or ing-form after the verb (meaning different)	Expressions followed by the ing-form	Phrasal verbs+ ing -form
allow	ability	begin	remember	be accustomed to	be for/against
permit	ambition	start	stop	be/get used to	care for
advise	anxiety	continue	go on	save somebody the trouble of	give up
recommend	attempt	cease	regret	It’s no good/use	keep on
encourage	decision	can’t bear	sorry for	There’s no point in	leave off
forbid	demand	intend	try		look forward to
	desire				object to
	determination				put off
	eagerness				see about
	effort				take to
	failure				approve of
	offer				insist on
	plan
	promise
	refusal
	request
	responsibility (for)
	scheme
	willingness
	wish
* can also be followed by a to-Infinitive
** not in the meaning “to realize”, “to understand”, “to conclude”
*** as modal verbs
**** in the meaning “to cause somebody to do something”

Дата добавления: 2014-12-23