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noun/pronoun + infinitive letters to write

We can often use infinitives with to after nouns.

I've got some letters to write. Sorry - 1haven't got any money to lend you.

^ Complete the sentences with the expressions from the box.

dress to wear film to watch friend to see homework to do

letters to post shopping to do stories to tell /

► My uncle always has very interesting about his year in Nepal.

1 Please can I go out tonight, Dad? I've got n o .............................................
2 I'm going to the post office - have you got any.............................................
3 I think I'll stay at home tonight. I'm a bit tired, and there's a good.............................................. on TV.
4 Have you got a .............................................. to the party, or will you have to buy one?
5 If you've got any.............................................. we can go to the supermarket later.
6 I'll be home a bit late tonight - I've got a .............................................. after work.

We can use infinitives with to after words like somebody, anything and nowhere (see page 172).

Would you like something to drink? I haven't got anything to read; can I borrow this book?
There's nothing to eat in the fridge. Those poor people have nowhere to live.

^ Complete the sentences with somebody etc and the verbs in italics.

► po l ic e ma n : Move on, please. There's (see) . . h Ir!^.P.°. :.........................

1 I can't go to the party: I don't have (wear)........................................................

2 Could I possibly use this table? I need (work)........................................................
3 When I arrived, there was (do)..........................................................- all the work was finished.
4 Everyone in our class was ill today, so our teacher had (teach)........................................................
5 I'll be with you in a few minutes - I have (finish)........................................................
6 All my friends are out of town tonight, and I've got (go)........................................................
7 Everybody needs (love)........................................................
8 My brother couldn't find (stay)..........................................................in Bristol.

9 I'm looking for (help)..........................................................me with the disco on Saturday.
10 Your arms are full - give me (carry)........................................................

NOTHING TO EAT

She had nothing to eat. Both her children died
They made a film about her (there was no hospital).
because she had nothing to eat. You can see the photographs
at an exhibition in London.
Her husband
was killed in the war. Then somebody wrote a poem.
They wrote a book about
how he was killed in the war. Still
she had nothing to eat.
Her mother and brother
were executed by the revolutionaries.
There was an opera about it.

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