Preview - Interactive Activities – How to express purpose

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How to express purpose
Focus	Grammar
Description	Let's practise the different constructions you need to express purpose in different situations
Instructions	Complete the sentences to express purpose correctly in every situation

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Keys are normally used + open doors = Keys are normally used __________________________________.
Close the windows + the rain + enter = Close the windows ________________________________________________________.
Books are + read = Books are ______________________.
Bring a chair + Sally + sit down (colloquial) = Bring a chair __________________________________________.
I'll explain it again + you + understand (colloquial) = I'll explain it again __________________________________________.
Open the door + your sister + come in = Open the door ______________________________________________________________.
He wrote her telephone number down + not + forget it = He wrote her telephone number down ____________________________________________.
She closed her eyes + not + cry = She closed her eyes ________________________________.
She smiled + I + feel more comfortable = She smiled __________________________________________________________________________.
Speak up + we + hear you = Speak up ______________________________________________.
I need to stop for a minute + think = I need to stop for a minute ________________.
She opened the window + see the sun = She opened the window ____________________________.
I took a taxi + not + be late = I took a taxi ________________________________________.
She started to tell the story + everybody + know (colloquial) = She started to tell the story __________________________________________.
Show it to me + I + help you = Show it to me ____________________________________________.
A telescope is a tool + see distant objects = A telescope is a tool ____________________________________________________.
He used a credit card + open the door = He used a credit card ________________________________.
Cars are made + travel to places = Cars are made ________________________________________________.
I need a key + open this door = I need a key __________________________________.
We decided to go the zoo + the children + have fun = We decided to go to the zoo ______________________________________________________________________.
Please, bring me a chair + sit down = Please, bring me a chair ______________________.
But what are you doing? That's not + serve food. It's my tablet! = But what are you doing? That's not ________________________________. It's my tablet!
I phoned you + you + come to my party = I phoned you ____________________________________________________________________.
He drinks + not + remember her = He drinks __________________________________________________.
I'll explain this better + you + understand = I'll explain this better ____________________________________________________.
They went to Madrid + visit El Prado = They went to Madrid __________________________________.
He worked hard + his children + go to university = He worked hard ______________________________________________________________________________________.
He turned his head + not + see her = He turned his head ________________________________________.
She opened the door + the cat + get out (colloquial) = She opened the door ____________________________________________.
I can call a taxi + you guys + go there (colloquial) = I can call a taxi ________________________________________________.

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Keys are normally used + open doors = Keys are normally used __________________________________.

Close the windows + the rain + enter = Close the windows ________________________________________________________.

Books are + read = Books are ______________________.

Bring a chair + Sally + sit down (colloquial) = Bring a chair __________________________________________.

I'll explain it again + you + understand (colloquial) = I'll explain it again __________________________________________.

Open the door + your sister + come in = Open the door ______________________________________________________________.

He wrote her telephone number down + not + forget it = He wrote her telephone number down ____________________________________________.

She closed her eyes + not + cry = She closed her eyes ________________________________.

She smiled + I + feel more comfortable = She smiled __________________________________________________________________________.

Speak up + we + hear you = Speak up ______________________________________________.

I need to stop for a minute + think = I need to stop for a minute ________________.

She opened the window + see the sun = She opened the window ____________________________.

I took a taxi + not + be late = I took a taxi ________________________________________.

She started to tell the story + everybody + know (colloquial) = She started to tell the story __________________________________________.

Show it to me + I + help you = Show it to me ____________________________________________.

A telescope is a tool + see distant objects = A telescope is a tool ____________________________________________________.

He used a credit card + open the door = He used a credit card ________________________________.

Cars are made + travel to places = Cars are made ________________________________________________.

I need a key + open this door = I need a key __________________________________.

We decided to go the zoo + the children + have fun = We decided to go to the zoo ______________________________________________________________________.

Please, bring me a chair + sit down = Please, bring me a chair ______________________.

But what are you doing? That's not + serve food. It's my tablet! = But what are you doing? That's not ________________________________. It's my tablet!

I phoned you + you + come to my party = I phoned you ____________________________________________________________________.

He drinks + not + remember her = He drinks __________________________________________________.

I'll explain this better + you + understand = I'll explain this better ____________________________________________________.

They went to Madrid + visit El Prado = They went to Madrid __________________________________.

He worked hard + his children + go to university = He worked hard ______________________________________________________________________________________.

He turned his head + not + see her = He turned his head ________________________________________.

She opened the door + the cat + get out (colloquial) = She opened the door ____________________________________________.

I can call a taxi + you guys + go there (colloquial) = I can call a taxi ________________________________________________.

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Note for this activity: in the construction with 2 subjects, when you can choose between "so that I can/will/may, etc.", always use CAN for the exercises here.

- He started drinking to forget
- I need a chair to sit down
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NEGATIVE�� so as not to + infinitive

- I'll take a taxi so as not to be late
- Take your shoes off so as not to wake them up
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DIFFERENT SUBJECTS�� so that + subject + can

- I'll open the door so that he can enter
- She covered the hole so that water couldn't come in
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NOTE: we use could when the main clause is in the past. instead of can/could you may also find: may/might, will/would/should
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More colloquial�

for + subject + to

(+)� I'll open the door for you to enter
(-) � I'll close the door for you not to go out

�� A tin opener is something for opening tins
�� That's for peeling potatoes��

(remember that after prepositions and conjunctions we use -ing)
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but if we are talking of a particular use of something we can't use "for"