Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Lead in for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Correct the sentences.
  2. Find two examples above for each pattern.

Answer

a)

  1. I can’t stand working with music on.
  2. I learnt to drive last year.
  3. I want the teacher to correct everything I say.
  4. I'd rather to eat out than at home.
  5. I'd like to travel about this year.
  6. I enjoy being alone.
  7. I like it when the teacher tells me / us to repeat words.
  8. I'd better to spend more time studying or I'll never make progress in English.

b)

  1. verb + gerund → 1, 6
  2. verb + infinitive → 4, 8
  3. verb + infinitive with to → 2, 5
  4. verb + object + infinitive with to → 3, 7