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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
I already did it a couple of months ago to find this one.	2个月前我找到这个房子已经那么做了。
Excuse me!? I just played with the kids to keep them entertained.	抱歉！？我只是和孩子们玩了一会儿。
I'm here with a plumber to fix the clogged toilet.	我带了一个水管工过来修堵塞的坐便器。
To avoid making my payment!	就是为了逃避向我付款！
Mike just went to get us some drinks.	迈克刚刚去给我们拿喝的了。
What? Excuse me! Are you just calling to tell me this now?	什么？拜托！你现在打电话就是为了告诉我这个吗？
Are you here to talk about this issue, Nick?	你来这就是为了讨论这件事的吗，尼克？
To guarantee our safety.	一定要保证我们的安全。
Maybe it's better for us to meet up somewhere to talk about this.	也许我们最好去某个地方来讨论这个。
I'm just calling you to check if you are ready.	我打电话给你就是想确认下你准备好了没。
It helped me a lot to save some time.	这帮我节省了一些时间。
I wonder how many times you brought her here to watch the sunset.	我想知道你带她来这里看夕阳看了多少次。
No, it's only for people to have fun at an amusement park.	是的，它只是为人们在游乐场游玩用的。
Can you check the price tag to see if they are sold by the kilo or individually?	你能看下价格标签，确认下是按公斤卖还是单卖吗？
I took a half day off work to bring Pogo to the vet.	为了带波哥来看兽医我请了半天假。
I brought him to see if he gets on well with Bear.	我把它带过来是看一下它能不能与大熊相处得好。
She called me last night to let me know about the clogged toilet...	她昨晚给我打电话告诉我堵塞的坐便器的事儿...
I think you are doing this on purpose to annoy me.	我觉得你这样做就是为了惹恼我。
It requires two people to do it...	它需要2个人才能打开...
So I turned the stove up higher to cook faster.	所有我调到炉子火力来更快的煎炸。

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