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    • Alto iniciante
    • To infinitive
    • Direct object

    To infinitive Direct object

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Thanksgiving Trouble

(1) Maya: Listen
Hey, Todd. You know we have a Thanksgiving dinner with my family, right?

Thanksgiving is a holiday in Canada and US. People give thanks to everything. They also have a dinner called Thanksgiving dinner with their family.

(2) Todd: Listen
Of course. Your parents and sister are coming.

People usually eat a turkey in Thanksgiving dinner.

(3) Maya: Listen
I asked you to get a [vocab word=turkey]turkey[/vocab] from the supermarket. Did you get it?

"Ask you to get" is verb + direct object + to + infinitive. It means "I asked you 'Get the turkey'."

(4) Todd: Listen
I told Jack to get it yesterday.

"I told Jack to get it" = "I told Jack + Jack needs to get it."

(5) Maya: Listen
Your son is only 12! I told YOU to get it.
(6) Todd: Listen
Sorry. I'll do that [vocab word=soon]soon[/vocab].
(7) Maya: Listen
[vocab word=anyways]Anyways[/vocab]... Have you washed the car? It's [vocab word=disgusting]disgusting[/vocab].

"Disgusting" means it's very dirty and it makes you sick.

(8) Todd: Listen
I asked Mike to do it in the morning.
(9) Maya: Listen
He's only 10! I asked YOU to wash it!
(10) Todd: Listen
He likes to wash the car.
(11) Maya: Listen
You do it again, later. I want you to do it.
(12) Todd: Listen
Alright, alright.
(13) Maya: Listen
Did you [vocab word=sweep]sweep[/vocab] the [vocab word=driveway]driveway[/vocab] in the morning?
(14) Todd: Listen
No. (Shouts) Seth! Come here! Sweep ...

Now, Todd is shouting at Seth, his son. He wants Seth to sweep the driveway for him.

(15) Maya: Listen
No. I'm [vocab word=order]ordering[/vocab] YOU to sweep the driveway. And, I'm [vocab word=warn]warning[/vocab] you. Don't tell Jack, Mike, or Seth to do it for you. Or, else...

"Or else ..." is a threat. It means "Do it. Or, I will do something bad to you." Maya is threatening Todd now.

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Thanksgiving Trouble

(1) Maya: Listen
Hey, Todd. You know we have a Thanksgiving dinner with my family, right?

Thanksgiving is a holiday in Canada and US. People give thanks to everything. They also have a dinner called Thanksgiving dinner with their family.

(2) Todd: Listen
Of course. Your parents and sister are coming.

People usually eat a turkey in Thanksgiving dinner.

(3) Maya: Listen
I asked you to get a [vocab word=turkey]turkey[/vocab] from the supermarket. Did you get it?

"Ask you to get" is verb + direct object + to + infinitive. It means "I asked you 'Get the turkey'."

(4) Todd: Listen
I told Jack to get it yesterday.

"I told Jack to get it" = "I told Jack + Jack needs to get it."

(5) Maya: Listen
Your son is only 12! I told YOU to get it.
(6) Todd: Listen
Sorry. I'll do that [vocab word=soon]soon[/vocab].
(7) Maya: Listen
[vocab word=anyways]Anyways[/vocab]... Have you washed the car? It's [vocab word=disgusting]disgusting[/vocab].

"Disgusting" means it's very dirty and it makes you sick.

(8) Todd: Listen
I asked Mike to do it in the morning.
(9) Maya: Listen
He's only 10! I asked YOU to wash it!
(10) Todd: Listen
He likes to wash the car.
(11) Maya: Listen
You do it again, later. I want you to do it.
(12) Todd: Listen
Alright, alright.
(13) Maya: Listen
Did you [vocab word=sweep]sweep[/vocab] the [vocab word=driveway]driveway[/vocab] in the morning?
(14) Todd: Listen
No. (Shouts) Seth! Come here! Sweep ...

Now, Todd is shouting at Seth, his son. He wants Seth to sweep the driveway for him.

(15) Maya: Listen
No. I'm [vocab word=order]ordering[/vocab] YOU to sweep the driveway. And, I'm [vocab word=warn]warning[/vocab] you. Don't tell Jack, Mike, or Seth to do it for you. Or, else...

"Or else ..." is a threat. It means "Do it. Or, I will do something bad to you." Maya is threatening Todd now.

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