Read the jokes and suggest a suitable headline for each of them. Comment on the functions of the Infinitives.
‘I met a ghost once, as I was cycling down a lonely country lane at midnight. Not only did I see him plainly, but I heard him speak.’ ‘What did he say to you?’ ‘How do I know? I never studied dead languages.’
Peggy – ‘I want to help you, dad. I shall get the dressmaker to teach me to cut out gowns.’ Dad – ‘I don’t want you to go that far, Peg, but you might cut out cigarettes and taxi bills.’
The quickest way to break a bad habit is to drop it.
The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
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