Английский для поступающих в вузы
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This area provides you with concise explanations of many tricky grammatical structures.The 'zero' article : : Indefinite articles : : Definite articles : : Questions with like : : Question tags : : Time prepositions : : Reported Speech : : Simple passive : : Continuous passive : : Because and because of : : To, for, so that : : '-ed' and '-ing' adjectives : : Need + verb-ing : : Have something done : : Must : : Have to / don't have to : : Used to : : Wish + Past Perfect : :
To, for, so that
Now we look at three ways to talk about the reason for doing something.
To talk about purpose, or the reason why we do things, we can use for + verb-ing, we can use the infinitive with to, and we can use so that + subject + verb.
| Noun or pronoun | 'for' + verb-ing |
| I'm bringing some pots and pans... |
for cooking |
| Action or event | Infinitive with 'to' |
| We've got some water... |
to make tea |
| Action or event | 'so that' + subject + verb |
| I'm taking some extra blankets... |
so that we don't get cold |