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Infinitive of purpose Exercises

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Form : ( To + infinitive (Verb 1) )

In English we often use an infinitive with to to talk about a person’s purpose.

He rose to speak. (Why did he rise? To speak.)
She came to the city to look for work. (Why did she come to the city? To look for work.)
He sat down to rest. (Why did he sit down? To rest.)

We can also use 'in order to' or 'so as to'.

She came to the city so as to look for work.

'So as to' and 'in order to' are more common before verbs like be, have, know etc.

He raised his voice so as to be heard.
He got up early in order to have enough time to pack.

Before a negative infinitive, we normally use 'so as' or 'in order'.

I am leaving now so as not to be late. (NOT I am leaving now not to be late.)

Notes for use of infinitive of purpose :

We say I came here to study English NOT ~~I came here for studying English~~ OR ~~I came here for to study English.~~

We can use for + noun to say why we do something.

I went to the shop for a newspaper.

Infinitive of purpose example sentences
It helped me a lot to save some time.	Me ayudó mucho para ahorrar algo de tiempo.
To avoid making my payment!	¡Para evitar pagarme!
No, it's only for people to have fun at an amusement park.	No, solo es para que la gente se divierta en el parque de atracciones.
Excuse me!? I just played with the kids to keep them entertained.	¿¡Perdón!? Sólo jugué con los niños para mantenerlos entretenidos.
We can find you a better house to live in.	Podemos encontrar una mejor casa para que vivas.
I already did it a couple of months ago to find this one.	Eso ya lo hice hace un par de meses para encontrar esta.
Don't you have a cleaner to help keep the house clean?	¿No tienes un limpiador para ayudar a mantener la casa limpia?
So I turned the stove up higher to cook faster.	Así que prendí más la estufa para cocinar más rápido.
To guarantee our safety.	Para garantizar nuestra seguridad.
I wonder how many times you brought her here to watch the sunset.	Me pregunto cuántas veces la trajiste aquí para ver el atardecer.
Mike just went to get us some drinks.	Mike acaba de ir a buscar algunas bebidas.
I think she went upstairs to get some sleep.	Creo que ha subido arriba a dormir un poco.
I brought him to see if he gets on well with Bear.	Lo traje para ver si se lleva bien con Bear.
I'm here with a plumber to fix the clogged toilet.	Estoy aquí con un plomero para arreglar el inodoro tupido.
She called me last night to let me know about the clogged toilet...	Ella me llamó anoche para decirme lo del inodoro tupido...
I knew you were waiting to ask that question!	¡Sabía que estabas esperando para preguntarme eso!
Maybe it's better for us to meet up somewhere to talk about this.	Tal vez es mejor que nos reunamos en otro lado para hablar sobre esto.
I just came to take Mike with me.	Sólo he venido a llevarme a Mike.
I took a half day off work to bring Pogo to the vet.	Tomé un medio día libre en el trabajo para llevar a Pogo al veterinario.
Arrgh... I can't believe he suggested leaving Pogo to take the room!!!	Arrgh... ¡¡No puedo creer que sugirió que dejara a Pogo para poder ocupar la habitación!!

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