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GRAMMAR UNIT 5: Want+ inf.// Want+object+inf.

We wanted to catch the first morning train.

She wants to go shopping.

Joe has wanted to become a police officer all hislife.

What do you want me to do?

She wanted me to answer the phone, so I did it.

I don't want you to drink so much, it's unhealthy!

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Want+ inf. // Want+ object + inf.

Want+ infinitive.

It can refer to what the subject wants to do.

This is a very common structure. Notice that want

comes in all verb forms (wants, wanted, has wanted...)but is followed by (to) infinitive.

Want+ object+ infinitive.

It can refer to what the subject wants someone else to

do (want somebody to do something). Want comes in allverb forms.

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Grammar Unit 5: Phrasal verbs with multiplemeanings.

I knew I had to get up (climb) onto the roof.

I need to get up (wake up) early to catch the train.

Hotel prices usually go down after holidays.

I think your idea will go down very well. She got on and found a seat.

Jane and Harry seem to get on well.

He's really getting into yoga these days.

He hopes to get into medical school.

What's going on here? It's very noisy.

Go on telling your story. It's so interesting.

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Grammar Unit 5: Phrasal verbs with multiplemeanings.

I knew I had to get up (climb) onto the roof.

I need to get up (wake up) early to catch the train.

Hotel prices usually go down (become lower) after holidays.

I think your idea will go down (be considered) very well.

She got on (enter a bus, train or plane) and found a seat.

Jane and Harry seem to get on (have a friendly relationship) well.

He's really getting into (become interested) yoga these days.

He hopes to get into (be accepted) medical school.

What's going on here(take place)? It's very noisy.

Go on (continue) telling your story. It's so interesting.

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Phrasal verbs with multiple meanings.

Look up.

- I hope things will start to look up in the new year.

- If you don't know what the word means, look it up in the dictionary.

- Look me up next time you're in Bristol.

Turn down.

- Turn the volume down, please.

- I offered her a trip to Jamaica but she turned it down.

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Phrasal verbs with multiple meanings.

Pay off.

- We should be able to pay off the mortgage within thirty years.

- Everyone knows that witnesses have been paid off to keep quiet.

Work out.

- We need to work out the total cost.

Investigators will need several weeks to work out what caused the accident.

He works out in the gym twice a week.

I know for sure that this new job will work out well for her.

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Grammar Unit 5: Defining relative clauses.

Relative pronouns who, which, when, whose, where, that preceedrelative clauses.

Defining relative clauses:

- Jack is the man who I told you about.

- Did I tell you about the place where I stayed on holiday?

- I remember everything that I had learned for the exam.

- This is the present which I wanted to buy you.

- Jane is the teacher whose daughter comes to our school.

The relative pronoun comes after the name it describes.

Defining relative clauses contain essential information about people orthings.

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Grammar Unit 5: Non defining relative clauses.

Michael, whose house is that red cottage down the road, is mybest friend.

My lawyers, who are having a meeting at court right now, mustcome to an agreement.

The cat, which has got those funny brown stripes, has beenstrolling around all day.

Our town, where the fair takes place, is very near the coast.

Al Pacino, who acted as Michael Corleone in The Godfather, is a

very reputated actor. Non defining relative clauses contain additional information about

people or things.