Educational Goals

(questions for you or a partner)

These verbs are followed by an infinitive (the to form): desire

love like hate prefer want They love to go for a walk in the evening. It likes to eat peanuts. Everybody hates to take the subway on a hot day. Do you prefer to travel by bus? A lot of people want to get a degree in computers.

necessity
have need You have to study harder in order to pass. I need to register for my next class. expectation expect intend plan hope try They expect to finish before the boss arrives. She intends to tell her son the truth someday. We plan to study business management here. He hopes to find a new apartment soon. I tried to help her, but I couldn't.

Questions
1. Why are you coming to this school? 2. What are you trying to do here? 3. Do you enjoy studying in this class? 4. What do you hope to accomplish by coming to school? 5. What do you want to do during the intercession? 6. What do you plan to do next semester? 7. What do intend to do after you graduate? 8. Do you expect to find a good job? 9. How much money do you hope to make? 10. What do you need to do in order to succeed in life? 11. What do you have to do in your life that you hate to do? 12. When do you prefer to do homework, during the week or

on the weekend?

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