Lesson XIII: TO-AF

A. TO-AF in the Receiving, Property & Subject Block Position A.1. TO-AF in the Receiving Block Position - Positive Statements Previous pattern: John is going TO LEARN English. John went to the post office TO BUY some stamps. Dir-O – Stands for DIRECT OBJECT New pattern: S Action Block Receiving Block … … TO-AF Dir-O John LEARNED TO SPEAK English. He INTENDS TO SPEAK English. He IS PLANNING TO SPEAK English. He IS GOING TO NEED TO SPEAK English. He HAS TO SPEAK English. He WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK English. He MUST TRY TO SPEAK English. Exercise: A.1.1. Practice TO-AF in the Rng-Block Position Substitute the following words and make necessary changes. For example: He learned to speak English . tried HE TRIED TO SPEAK ENGLISH . to read the lesson HE TRIED TO READ THE LESSON . needs HE NEEDS TO READ THE LESSON . 1. they 8. likes 15. is going to learn 2. the students 9. to text messages 16. needs 3. to study grammar 10. has 17. needed 4. John 11. wants 18. is going to try 5. to get a job 12. to speak clearly 19. to pronounce correctly 6. expects 13. is learning 20. they 7. plans 14. to speak Chinese 21. I Exercise: A.1.2. Contrast Modal-AF with TO-AF in the Rng-Block Position Substitute the words and make necessary changes. For example: He learned to speak English . tried HE TRIED TO SPEAK ENGLISH . should HE SHOULD SPEAK ENGLISH . I I SHOULD SPEAK ENGLISH . read the lesson I SHOULD READ THE LESSON . have I HAVE TO READ THE LESSON . →