INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE

( PAGE 326)
• SHAFA GOES TO CAMPUS TO STUDY ENGLISH
• SHAFA GOES TO CAMPUS IN ORDER TO STUDY ENGLISH
• SHAFA GOES TO CAMPUS FOR ENGLISH
• SHAFA GOES TO CAMPUS FOR STUDYING ENGLISH (X)

PURPOSE
TO + VERB 1
IN ORDER TO + VERB 1
FOR + NOUN NOUN PHRASE
• DHEA WENT TO THE MARKET TO BUY FISH.

• DHEA WENT TO THE MARKET IN ORDER TO BUY FISH.

• DHEA WENT TO THE MARKET FOR FISH

• THE PHRASE BE USED FOR EPRESSES THE TYPICAL OR GENERAL
PURPOSE OF THING/ TOOL
• FOR + GERUND
• A SAW IS USED FOR CUTTING WOOD ( correct )
• A SAW IS USED TO CUT WOOD ( correct)
HOWEVER TO TALK ABOUT A PARTICULAR SITUATION/ THING,
“BE USED + TO + INFINITIVE” IS USED

A CHAIN SAW WAS USED TO CUT DOWN THE OLD PALM TREE IN
FRONT OF MY HOUSE YESTERDAY.
PAGE 328 ADJECTIVES FOLLOWED BY
INFINITIVES

• CERTAIN ADJECTIVE DESCRIBING A PERSON/ PERSONS, NOT THING,

CAN BE FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES
• MANY OF THESE ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE A PERSON’S FEELINGS OR
ATTITUDES

• HILMI IS GLAD ( GET ) TO GET MUCH MONEY.

• ROZAK WAS SORRY TO HEAR THAT BAD NEWS

PAGE 330 USING INFINITIVES WITH TOO AND
ENOUGH
• VERY = SANGAT ( + , POSITIVE MEANING)
• TOO = TERLALU ( -, NEGATIVE MEANING)

• THE TEA IS VERY HOT, BUT RAKA CAN DRINK IT.

• THE TEA IS TOO HOT, SO RAKA CANNOT DRINK IT

• THE TEA IS VERY HOT, BUT RAKA CAN DRINK IT. ( IT IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR
RAKA TO DRINK IT)
• THE TEA IS VERY HOT, BUT RAKA CAN DRINK IT. ( IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR RAKA TO
DRINK IT)
THE TEA IS VERY HOT FOR RAKA TO DRINK
THE TEA IS TOO HOT FOR RAKA TO DRINK

THE BOX IS TOO HEAVY TO LIFT

WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

• PUTRI IS STRONG ENOUGH TO LIFT THE BOX V

• PUTRI IS ENOUGH STRONG TO LIFT THE BOX X

* PUTRI HAS STRENGTH ENOUGH TO LIFT THE BOX V

• PUTRI HAS ENOUGH STRENGTH TO LIFT THE BOX V
• ADJECTIVE + ENOUGH

• ENOUGH + NOUN

• NOUN + ENOUGH