All English Verb Forms

By Radosław Więckowski

The publication is directed to English learners at all levels who want to get a feel for English verb form usage and who have not yet been able to find a synthetic and concise set of examples in one publication.

• Ebook which has no counterpart on the market

• Language: English
• Publisher: Radoslaw Wieckowski
• Release date: Dec 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9788396932372

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Preface

1. Infinitive with to or without to. The option of omitting to

2. Constructions with the infinitive with to or without to

3. Participle and gerund

4. Participle constructions

5. Gerund constructions

6. Clauses of purpose

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Preface

The ebook is the most definitive and synthetic overview of all English verb forms with a participle, an infinitive with or without to and a gerund. These verb forms are worth special attention as they are the cornerstone of both written and spoken English. A practical knowledge of verb forms impacts the verbal skill in everyday communication. The ebook includes all verb forms in example sentences put in simple contexts. The publication is directed to English learners at all levels who want to get a feel for English verb form usage and who have not yet been able to find a synthetic and concise set of examples in one publication. A separate chapter is devoted to clauses of purpose. The overriding aim of the ebook is to equip the learner with a comprehensive and practical overview of a participle, an infinitive with or without to and a gerund.

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1. Infinitive with to or without to. The option of omitting to

Infinitive with to or without to. Present tense. Simple form. Active voice

1.

She prefers to send a text rather than write it.

She prefers to send a text rather than to write it.

She wanted to phone rather than write.

She wanted to phone rather than to write.

There is little choice other than have to do it.

There is little choice other than to have to do it.

2.

She can’t do better than have to do it.

She can’t do better than to have to do it.

She couldn’t do better than have to do it.

She couldn’t do better than to have to do it.

3.

She can do worse than write it.

She can do worse than to write it.

She could do worse than write it.

She could do worse than to write it.

She might do worse than write it.

She might do worse than to write it.

4.

She helped do it.

She helped to do it.

She helped me do it.

She helped me to do it.

5.

I dare do it.

I dare to do it.

I daren’t do it.

I daren’t to do it.

I don’t dare do it.

I don’t dare to do it.

6.

I would never dare do it.

I would never dare to do it.

I would have never dared do it.

I would have never dared to do it.

7.

I dared do it.

I dared to do it.

I dared not do it.

I dared not to do it.

I didn’t dare do it.

I didn’t dare to do it.

8.

I have known him go a whole day without eating.

I have known him to go a whole day without eating.

He's been known to go a whole day without eating.

Weather experts have never known it rain as heavily as it has this spring.

Weather experts have never known it to rain as heavily as it has this spring.

9.

It is as cheap to buy a new bike as repair the old one.

It is as cheap to buy a new bike as to repair the old one.

It is as cheap to buy a new bike as it is to repair the old one.

Buying a new bike is as cheap as repairing the old one.

10.

I expect to weep as much as laugh.

I expect to weep as much as to laugh.

I expect to weep no less than laugh.

I expect to weep no less than to laugh.

2. Constructions with the infinitive with to or without to

Infinitive without to. Present tense. Simple form. Active voice

1.

Why write it?

Why not go there?

She had better write it. = She had best write it.

She would rather write it. = She would prefer to write it.

She should write it.

She could write it. = She might write it.

She will do anything, including invite them.

2.

I didn’t see him enter, but I heard him close the door.

I heard them slam the door.

I heard that they slammed the door.

I saw him jump for joy.

He felt something brush his leg.

3.

She let me do it.

She made me do it.

I was made to do it. (the infinitive with to)

She had me do it. = She told me to do it. or She asked me to do it.

She got me to do it. (the infinitive with to)

Have her call me when she gets back. = Tell her to call me when she gets back.

Have the next patient come in now please, nurse. = Ask the next patient to come in now please, nurse.

I will have you know that I am a qualified worker. = I want you to know that I am a qualified worker.

I will have you believe what I say is true.