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    This document provides information on the bare infinitive form in English, including its uses after modal verbs, with verbs like dare, help, and make. It also discusses verbs of perception followed by gerunds or bare infinitives to indicate incomplete or complete actions. Examples are given to illustrate the different uses. The document concludes with 20 sentences requiring transformation into the bare infinitive form for practice.

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    This document provides information on the bare infinitive form in English, including its uses after modal verbs, with verbs like dare, help, and make. It also discusses verbs of perception followed by gerunds or bare infinitives to indicate incomplete or complete actions. Examples are given to illustrate the different uses. The document concludes with 20 sentences requiring transformation into the bare infinitive form for practice.

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    This document provides information on the bare infinitive form in English, including its uses after modal verbs, with verbs like dare, help, and make. It also discusses verbs of perception followed by gerunds or bare infinitives to indicate incomplete or complete actions. Examples are given to illustrate the different uses. The document concludes with 20 sentences requiring transformation into the bare infinitive form for practice.

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    This document provides information on the bare infinitive form in English, including its uses after modal verbs, with verbs like dare, help, and make. It also discusses verbs of perception followed by gerunds or bare infinitives to indicate incomplete or complete actions. Examples are given to illustrate the different uses. The document concludes with 20 sentences requiring transformation into the bare infinitive form for practice.

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    THE BARE 1NFIN1TIVE


    FORM
    Active Passive
    Present (not) do (not) be done
    Present Continuous (not) be doing —
    Pertect (not) have done (not) have beendone
    Períect Contĩnuous (not) have been doing —
    USE EXAMPLE
    • atter modal verbs Gerry must have been fìred aíter making so many costly mistakes.
    Hannah should have been arriving at the early this morning.
    atter had better, would rather, You ơ be sleeping when get home!
    would sooner live in the City centre, so don have to commute every morning.
    Jones would sooner have had a pay cut than have lost his job.
    aíter let Due to bad M/eather, the head teacher the students leave earlier last Thursday.

    ALERTỈ
    Let can only be used in the active voice. There is no passive form. We can express the same meaning in the
    passive voice by using be allowed to.
    Due to the bad weather, the students were alloned to leave Thursday.

    THE FULL THE BARE


    FORM USE EXAMPLE
    dare + someone + full iníinitive challenging someone dared Simon to our manager she was
    vvrong.
    • dare + bare intinitive expressing a warning Don you dare take my car vvithout asking.
    dare + íull/bare infinitive • demonstrating courage don’ dare ask to ask my parents for more
    money!
    • make + pronoun/noun + bare inbnitive active voỉce Mum made me help her vvith the dishes!
    • pronoun/noun + be made + full inbnitive • passive voice Despite the noise outside, the students were
    made to sít the listening test.

    ALERT!
    Help can be followed by the full intinitive or the bare intinitive with no change in meaning.
    Jake helped his dad clean out the garage.
    Jake helped his dad to clean out the garage.

    VERBS OF PERCEPTION
    FORM USE EXAMPLE
    • verb of perception (fee/, hear, an incomplete action saiv Melissa talking her secretary.
    listen to, see, etc) + gerund recurring action We listened to the fans cheering during the concert.
    verb of perception (fee/, hear, complete action John natched his son win a gold medal.
    listen to, see, etc) + bare infinitive a single action We felt the earth tremble last night.
    1. Nobody noticed the actress when she left the building. - ____________________________
    2. It seems he has been waiting for some time. - He appears ___________________________
    3. The teacher made him rewrite the exercise. - He was made __________________________
    4. All the baby does is eat all day. - The baby does nothing_____________________________
    5. Liz studied every day so that she wouldn’t fall behind. - Liz studied every day ___________
    6. Carl pretended he hadn’t heard what I said. - Carl pretended ____________ what I said.
    7. Spending all your money was foolish. – It was foolish ____you_______________________
    8. Dan was shocked when he learnt his results. – Dan was shocked ______________________
    9. They saw him fall off the chair. – He ____________________________________________
    10. It looks as if she has completed the work. - She seems ______________________________
    11. The grass needs to be cut, I believe. – The grass requires ____________________________
    12. I’m not in the habit of doing my own ironing. – I am not used_________________________
    13. Keeping your eyes open when you sneeze is impossible. – It’s _______________________
    14. He is very poor. He can’t afford a house. – He is too________________________________
    15. Could you deliver this message for me? – Would you be so___________________________
    16. It’s not fair that he should be punished for that. – He doesn’t deserve ___________________
    17. If I went on holiday now, I would miss the exams. - ____________means ______________
    18. She is not sure whether she should apply for a job in Spain. – She is considering _________
    19. They do nothing but complain. – All they do ______________________________________
    20. He forced us to re-do the exercise. [made/ got/ had] ________________________________

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