| | Active
| Passive
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| Indefinite
| to write
| to be written
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| Continuous
| to be writing
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| Perfect
| to have written
| to have been written
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| Perfect Continuous
| to have been writing
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The Functions of the Infinitive
| Немає потреби говорити правду.
Було б помилкою так думати.
| Необхідно вивчати це.
Було приємно знову розмовляти англійською.
| Головне, щоб тебе вірно зрозуміли.
Ваша робота – доглядати за тваринами.
| Вона не хотіла, щоб її бачили там.
Ми вирішили залишитись вдома.
Не забудьте вимкнути світло.
| Ми були раді, що запросили його на обід.
Дівчинка боялась, що її поведуть до стоматолога.
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To tell the truth is not necessary.
To think so would be a mistake.
| It’s necessary to study it.
It was nice to be speaking English again.
| The main thing is to be understood.
Your job is to look after the animals.
| She didn’t want to be seen there.
We decided to stay at home.
Don’t forget to switch off the light.
| We were glad to have invited him to dinner.
The girl was afraid to be taken to a dentist.
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is necessary
to do smth should be important
means a mistake
to do smth
| necessary to do smth
it is easy to be done
important to be doing
strange
| The main thing is to do smth
The idea was to be done
His job
| to promise
offer
remember to do
forget to be done
decide
| to be glad to do smth
pleased to be doing smth
angry to have done smth
afraid to have been doing smth
delighted to be done
to have been done
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A
| B
| A
| B
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Subject
| Predica-
tive
| Object
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