Bài soạn Tiếng Anh 11 - Adjectives & the infinitive

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>GRAMMAR ADJECTIVES & THE INFINITIVE 1. Structure : It is + adjective + to infinitive good/better It’s good to get up early. interesting It’s interesting to watch the match. difficult It’s difficult to study maths. hard It’s hard to understand him. easy It’s easy to go by train. safe(er) It’s safe(er) to take an umbrella with you. It is dangerous It’s dangerous to swim too far from the shore. to inf. It was possible It’s possible to see him here. useful It’s useful to read this book. impossible It’s impossible to read your writing. cheap(er) It’s cheaper to go by car. expensive It’s expensive to go by car. odd/strange It ’s strange to wear raincoat while it’s sunny. rude It’s rude to interrupt the speaker. Compare: Your writing is awful. It’s impossible to read. ( = read your writing ) Your writing is impossible to read. (= not to read it) It’s very interesting to talk to Mary.(= talk to her) Mary is very interesting to talk to. ( = not to talk to her) 2. Structure : Subject + be + adjective + to + infinitive Subject Tom My father Somebody I You He She It We You They. be. be. adjective happy sad glad nice pleased disappointed surprised delighted amazed astonished relieved. to inf.. to inf.. examples She was happy to go out. Tom was sad to fail the exam. I’ m glad to see you. It’s nice to meet you again. He was pleased to receive the present. Mary was disappointed to hear them leave school so early. He was surprised to see me there. We were delighted to get your letter last week. Was Tom amazed to hear the story? Everybody was astonished to see the fire. We were relieved to hear you were safe.. 3. Structure : It is /was + adjective + of + somebody + to + infinitive (un)kind It’s kind of you to help me. good It’s good of him to tell the truth. stupid It was stupid of me to tell her my own story. clever It was clever of Tom to get out of danger. careless It’s careless of him to leave his book at home. It That be sensible of sb to inf. It’s sensible of the authorities to build that bridge. (un)reasonable It’s not reasonable of them to make children go out. silly It’s silly of Ann to give up her job. (un)fair I think it was unfair of you to criticise me. considerate It was considerate of you not to speak loudly. generous That was generous of you to share your food with me. Page 1. Lop11.com.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> GRAMMAR It’s no use…. EXPRESSIONS + V-ING There’s nothing you can do about the situation, so it’s no use worrying about it.. It’s no good…. It’s no good trying to persuade me. You won’t succeed.. There’s no point in…. There’s no point in having a car if you never use it. There’s no point in waiting any longer, so we went away. I live very near here, so it’s not worth taking a taxi.. Have a hard time…. I had a hard time doing my homework.. Have (no) trouble…. He has trouble listening to English.. It’s (not) worth…. This film is worth seeing. or It’s worth seeing this film. Do you think this book is worth reading? He felt that his life was no longer worth living. It’s a good idea. That’s worth considering.. …have (no) difficulty (in)…. I had difficulty finding a place to stay. Did you have any difficulty having a visa. I had the greatest difficulty in persuading her. ( I persuaded her with the greatest difficult.) John had no difficulty in doing his homework. (He did his homework without difficulty.). …a waste of money… …a waste of time…. It was a waste of time reading that book. It was rubbish. It’s a waste of money buying things you don’t need.. …spend(time)… …waste (time)…. He spent hours trying to repair the clock. He spent his free time reading newspapers. I waste a lot of time persuading her. Who spent all day chatting on the internet?. …(be) busy (with)…. Ann was busy doing the housework when I arrived. She’s busy writing letters. The children were busy helping their mother in the garden.. go + v-ing (especially sports). Page 2. Go swimming / go sailing / go fishing / go climbing / go skiing / go jogging / go camping / go shopping / go sightseeing / go hunting I’ d like to go skiing. When did you last go shopping? I’ve never gone sailing. Let’s go swimming. Tom often go fishing at weekends. She don’t like to go climbing very much. Every now and again he goes skiing in Switzerland.. Lop11.com.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span>