Ecco una lista di verbi inglesi a cui normalmente segue l’infinito:
Leggi la lezione Verb Patterns…
Agree
John agreed to help Jack
Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.
Kahlil Gibran
Appear
Excessive speed appeared to be a factor in the crash
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task..
Epictetus
Ask
He asked to leave
When you knock, ask to see God – none of the servants..
Henry David Thoreau
Nota: ask può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
He asked me to leave.
Care
I don’t care to stay here.
I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members..
Groucho Marx
Choose
I choose to help.
Nota: chose può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
I choose him to help.
Claim
She claimed to be a princess.
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded..
Mark Twain
Decide
I decided to go to Los Angeles.
Take Courage! Whatever you decide to do, it will probably be the wrong thing.
Ashleigh Brilliant
Demand
He demanded to speak to the director.
A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what you mean by two, what by makes, and what by four.
Henry Louis Mencken
Deserve
Treat your boyfriend like he deserves to be treated.
That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer.
Phaedrus
Expect
They expect to arrive early.
Nota: expect può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
They expect him to arrive early.
Fail
They failed to pass the test.
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
George Bernard Shaw
Happen
He happens to be very lucky.
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
Josh Billings
Hesitate
Don’t hesitate to ask.
Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.
Kenko Yoshida
Hope
I hope to visit India this year.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Charles F. Kettering
Intend
I intend to visit India this year.
I intend to live forever, or die trying.
Groucho Marx
Learn
I learned to speak english when I was a kid.
Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. . . . Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert.
William Osler
Manage
I managed to open the door without the key.
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
Moliere
Need
I need to study.
Nota: need può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
I need you to study.
Offer
He offered to help me.
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.
Mark Twain
Plan
We plan to go to Europe.
Prepare
They prepared to take the test.
Nota: prepare può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
They prepared her to take the test.
Pretend
He pretend to be shy.
Promise
I promised to quit smoking.
Nota: promise può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
I promised her to quit smoking.
Refuse
Why do we refuse to help ourselves?
Seem
She seemed to be disappointed.
Swear
She swore to tell the truth.
Tend
He tends to be a little shy.
Threaten
He threatened to leave forever.
Nota: threaten può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
He threatened her to leave forever.
Vow
He vowed to quit smoking.
Wait
I can’t wait to marry you.
Want
I want to go.
Nota: want può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
I want you to go.
Wish
I wish to stay.
Nota: wish può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
I wish you to be yourself.
Would like
I would like to join the U.S Navy.
Nota: wish può essere seguito anche da un nome/pronome prima del verbo all’infinito
I would like him to join the U.S Navy.
Yearn
She yearns to fly away from here.
