ANÁLISIS DE LAS RECOMENDACIONES DE LA EVALUACIÓN

For example: He admitted taking my book but He agreed to lend me his book.

Make sentences from the following notes. Think whether you should use the infinitive or the –ing form after the verbs.

1. he /suggest / read / chapter 5 / before / we / go / lecture. 2. He / want / spend / more time / study.

3. The rain / not stop / fall / until yesterday evening. 4. A good farmer / try / set / objectives.

5. Peter / prevent / harvest / his crop / bad weather. 6. I / enjoy / listen / music.

7. He / not mind / work / weekends. 8. I / not want / risk / fail / my exams.

9. He / forget / hand in / his essay / yesterday. 10. There / nothing / that shop / worth / buy. 11. It / no use / leave / your work / last minute.

12. I / miss / watch / college football match / last week. 13. He / hope / get / good results / his examinations. 14. I / expect / grow / more vegetables / next year.

B.

Make nouns from the following adjectives, using –ness or –ability.

1. Complete 2. Useful 3. Profitable 4. Suitable 5. Comparable 6. Wet

7. Dry 8. Responsible 9. Hard 10. Divisible

New words and expressions:

- management: - brawn:

- the operation of a farm: - ranch: - technological innovation: - borrowed capital: - to maintain: - profitable: sự quản lý cơ bắp

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sự đổi mới kỹ thuật vốn vay mượn duy trì

- be due to:

- agriculture commodities: - the setting of goals: - individual: - apparent: - allocation: - major objective: - characteristic: do bởi các mặt hàng nông sản việc đặt ra mục tiêu cá nhân rõ rang sự phân phối mục đích chính đặc điểm --- o0o --- LANGUAGE SUMMARY Gerunds and Infinitives

Infinitives: An infinitive is the base form of a verb with to preceding it.

A. Use a to-infinitive after the following common verbs: agree, decide, expect, happen, pretend, promise, manage, tend.

He decided to go home.

B. Use a to-infinitive after the following common verbs plus their object: advise,

allow, expect, forbid, want, force, tell.

His manager allowed him to go home.

C. Use an infinitive without to after the common following verbs plus their object:

have, let, make, feel, see, hear, smell, find. He let Tom go home.

Gerunds: A gerund is the –ing form of a verb. It is used as a noun.

Use an –ing form after the following common verbs: avoid, can’t help, deny, feel

like, give up, imagine, mind, postpone, enjoy.

He denies eating the cake.

Choosing Between Infinitives and Gerunds

A gerund is always used when a verb is followed by a preposition: admit to, approve

of, argue about, believe in, care about, complain about, concentrate on, confess to.

They apologized for being late. He dreamt about eating a hamburger.

The following common verbs allow both a to-infinitive form and an –ing form. Sentences with either form will have the same meaning. They are: attempt, begin,

continue, hate, like, love, neglect, prefer, regret, stand/can’t stand, start.

He hates running. He hates to run.

The following common verbs allow both a to-infinitive form and an –ing form. However, their meanings are different in each case: remember, forget, stop, regret, try.

I forgot to turn the light off. (= I didn‟t turn it off, and it remained on)

I forgot turning the light off. (= I actually turned it off. I forgot that I had done that.) Note: The choice of a to-infinitive or an –ing form depends on the meaning.

Choosing Subjects

A. Use objective case pronouns with an infinitive. expect him to help her.

allow them to do it. let him go.

B. Use a possessive pronoun with a gerund. enjoy their singing.

mind my smoking.

Some more verbs followed by –ing Some more verbs followed by to-infinitive finish avoid consider admit miss

involve quit postpone delay imagine deny risk practice

offer decide hope deserve attempt mean promise agree plan aim afford manage intend threaten refuse arrange learn need fail

FURTHER PRACTICE

I. Put the verb into the correct form, to-infinitive or –ing form. 1. When I‟m tired, I enjoyed ___________ TV. It‟s relaxing. (watch) 2. It was a nice day, so we decided __________ for a walk. (go)

3. There was a lot of traffic, but we managed _________ to the airport in time. (get) 4. I‟m not in a hurry, I don‟t mind __________. (waiting)

5. They don‟t have much money. They can‟t afford _________ out very often. (go) 6. We‟ve got a new computer in our office. I haven‟t learned how _____ it yet. (use) 7. I wish that dog would stop _________. It‟s driving me crazy. (bark)

8. Our neighbor threatened _________ the police if we didn‟t stop the noise. (call) 9. We were all afraid to speak. Nobody dared ________ anything. (say)

10. We were hungry, so I suggested _________ dinner early. (have) II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences. 1. Who does she ________ to take care of her ?

A. want B. wants C. to want D. will want

2. I can‟t afford _________ a new car.

A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. bought

3. They are considering __________ to Atlanta.

A. move B. to move C. moving D. will move

4. I would like ___________ by your office on my way home.

A. drop B. to drop C. dropping D. will drop

5. I seldom forget __________ my teeth before going to bed.

A. brush B. to brush C. brushing D. brushed

6. They politely asked me ___________ in another place.

A. stand B. to stand C. standing D. stood

7. Since we live by an airport, we can easily watch the airplanes __________off.

A. take B. to take C. be taking D. will take

8. We think __________ him to have access to the Internet is a bad idea.

A. allow B. to allow C. allowing D. allowance

9. My son is not very good at _________ yet.

10. They were heard ___________ goodbye to their friends.

A. say B. saying C. said D. be saying

11. Now we are going to _____________ about our plans for next year.

A. discuss B. tell C. talk D. say

12. Please keep me __________ as to his whereabouts.

A. interred B. informed C. deformed D. reformed 13. I‟m looking forward to __________ from you soon.

A. hear B. hearing C. heard D. have heard

14. Mother ___________ me clean the floor with a mop.

A. got B. made C. forced D. told

15. Nobody is opposed __________ your suggestion.

A. at B. on C. to D. with

V. Further reading:

Farm record

Crop record

Supplemental crop records are primarily of two types, inventory records and detailed field records. Each will be discussed below.