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How to use this lesson

👨‍🏫 For Teachers

Guide learners through the four core rules and spend about 12 minutes completing the module. You can check answers automatically as students finish each exercise block.

👩‍🎓 For Learners

Read the four rules in the table carefully and look closely at the highlighted examples first. Then try the 12 practice activities step-by-step to test your understanding.

Grammar Guide • B1

Noun + to-infinitive

Learn how to connect nouns and words like something with to + verb.

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📖 Rules and Examples

Words like something or somewhere

Use to + verb after words like something, anything, or somewhere. This structure tells us what we do with a thing or what it is for.

• Is there anything to read in the waiting room?

• The nurse gave me something to drink after donating blood.

Nouns like time, place, chance, or reason

Put to + verb right after nouns that name time, a place, a chance, or a reason. Never use for + -ing after these words.

• He did not have time to wait for the bus.

• There is no reason to be afraid of a painless test.

• She had no chance to rest before her surgery.

Prepositions stay at the end

When the action needs a preposition like on, in, or through, keep that word at the end of the phrase. Do not leave the preposition out.

• She found a quiet corner to work in.

• He found a steady chair to sit on.

• They prepared a clean tube to carry blood through.

Order words: the first, the last, the only

Add to + base verb after words like the first, the last, or the only. Always keep the verb in its simple starting form.

• He was the only person to come early.

• She was the first donor to arrive today.

• He was the only healthy person to give a pint of blood.

⚡ Common Mistakes to Avoid

✅ Correct Usage

• time to relax
• a soft bed to lie on
• the first to arrive
• something to eat

⚠️ Avoid These Errors

• time for relax (wrong preposition + form)
• a soft bed to lie (missing ending preposition)
• the first to arrived (past tense instead of base verb)
• something for eat (missing to-infinitive)

Practice Exercises

Complete all 12 questions below to test your mastery of noun + to-infinitive.

Choose the correct sentence (purpose)

1. The donors were hungry after giving blood. Which sentence is correct?

____ a. The nurse brought us something for eat after the donation. ____ b. The nurse brought us something to eat after the donation. ____ c. The nurse brought us something to eating after the donation.

Choose the correct sentence (order)

2. Which sentence is correct?

____ a. Mia was the second donor to sat in the new chair. ____ b. Mia was the second donor sit in the new chair. ____ c. Mia was the second donor to sit in the new chair.

Choose the correct sentence (place)

3. Which sentence correctly names the resting place for a patient?

____ a. They prepared a soft bed to lie on before the operation. ____ b. They prepared a soft bed to lie before the operation. ____ c. They prepared a soft bed for lie on before the operation.

Rewrite the sentence (action)

4. Combine the two sentences into one sentence using a noun and to + verb:

"The doctor needs a vein. He wants to insert the syringe into it."

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Rewrite the sentence (ranking)

5. Combine the two sentences into one sentence using a noun and to + verb:

"Ana was the first donor. She arrived this morning."

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Rewrite the sentence (hurry)

6. Combine the two sentences into one sentence using a noun and to + verb:

"There is no time. We cannot wait for the blood transfusion."

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Fill in the gap (comfort)

7. Complete the gap with the correct phrase using anything and fear:

The injection was painless, so I did not have ____ during the procedure.

Fill in the gap (sequence)

8. Complete the gap with the correct phrase using the first donor and enter:

Doctor Smith welcomed ____ the room this morning.

Fill in the gap (tool)

9. Complete the gap with the correct phrase using a long tube and connect:

The nurse needs ____ the needle to the blood bag.

Correct the error (missing-word)

10. Read the text message below. Find the mistake and type the correct phrase:

"Hi Alex! I am at the hospital, but I have no time rest before my surgery."

Type the corrected phrase: ____

Correct the error (structure)

11. Read the text message below. Find the mistake and type the correct phrase:

"Hello! My brother had a reason for donate a pint of blood today."

Type the corrected phrase: ____

Correct the error (preposition)

12. Read the text message below. Find the mistake and type the full phrase with the correct ending word:

"Hi Sam! The clinic gave us a safe room to wait."

Type the corrected phrase (including ending preposition): ____

Grammar: Noun + to-infinitive

How to use this lesson

👨‍🏫 For Teachers

👩‍🎓 For Learners

Noun + to-infinitive

📖 Rules and Examples

Words like something or somewhere

Nouns like time, place, chance, or reason

Prepositions stay at the end

Order words: the first, the last, the only

⚡ Common Mistakes to Avoid

✅ Correct Usage

⚠️ Avoid These Errors

Practice Exercises

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