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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Books are + read = Books are ______________________.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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"