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Unit 53

The document discusses the use of the phrases 'I want you to...' and 'I told you to...' along with various verbs that can be used in similar structures. It explains the difference in usage between 'make' and 'let' and provides examples for clarity. Additionally, it includes exercises for practicing these structures in sentences.

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Unit 53

The document discusses the use of the phrases 'I want you to...' and 'I told you to...' along with various verbs that can be used in similar structures. It explains the difference in usage between 'make' and 'let' and provides examples for clarity. Additionally, it includes exercises for practicing these structures in sentences.

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Unit

53 I want you to … I told you to …


A I want you to …

!e woman wants to go.


I’m going.
!e man doesn’t want the woman to go.
He wants her to stay.
We say:
Please don’t go. you
I want somebody to do something
Sarah

I want you to be happy. (not I want that you are happy)


!ey didn’t want anybody to know their secret.
Do you want me to lend you some money?
We use would like in the same way:
Would you like me to lend you some money?

B We also use this structure with:


verb + somebody + to …
ask Sue asked a friend to lend her some money.
tell I told you to be careful.
advise What do you advise me to do?
expect I didn’t expect them to be here.
persuade We persuaded Gary to come with us.
teach I am teaching my brother to swim.

C I told you to … / I told you not to …

Wait for me. Don’t wait for me.

JANE ME PAUL SUE

→ Jane told me to wait for her. → Paul told Sue not to wait for him.

D make and let


After make and let, we do not use to:
He’s very funny. He makes me laugh. (not makes me to laugh)
At school our teacher made us work very hard.
I didn’t have my phone with me, so Sue let me use hers. (not let me to use)
You can say Let’s … (= Let us) when you want people to do things with you:
Come on! Let’s dance.
‘Do you want to go out tonight?’ ‘No, I’m tired. Let’s stay at home.’

Let’s … ➜ Unit 35 He told me that … ➜ Unit 50


Exercises Unit
Write sentences beginning I want you … / I don’t want you … / Do you want me … ?
53
1 (you must come with me) I want you to come with me.
2 (listen carefully) I want
3 (please don’t be angry) I don’t
4 (shall I wait for you?) Do you
5 (don’t call me tonight)
6 (you must meet Sarah)
Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
1 Come on! Let’s 2 Where’s the station? 3 I’m not well. 4 Can you help me?
go to the cinema!
It’s a good !lm. Turn left after
the bridge.
YOU

You should go
Um … er to the doctor.
BEN
… OK. LAURA
DAN YOU YOU YOU

5 I’m busy now. 6 Can I use 7 Don’t phone 8 Do you play the piano?
Come back in your phone? before 8 o’clock.
ten minutes. Yes, my mother
Of course. taught me.

YOU

TOM YOU PAUL YOU SUE YOU AMY

1 Dan persuaded me to go to the cinema.


2 I wanted to get to the station. A woman told
3 Ben wasn’t well. I advised
4 Laura had a lot of luggage. She asked
5 I was too busy to talk to Tom. I told
6 I wanted to make a phone call. Paul let
7 Sue is going to call me later. I told
8 Amy’s mother taught

Complete these sentences with the verbs in the list. Sometimes to is necessary (to go / to wait
etc.); sometimes to is not necessary (go/wait etc.).
arrive borrow get go go make repeat tell think wait

1 Please stay here. I don’t want you to go yet.


2 I didn’t hear what she said, so I asked her it.
3 ‘Shall we begin?’ ‘No, let’s a few minutes.’
4 Are they already here? I expected them much later.
5 Kevin’s parents didn’t want him married.
6 I want to stay here. You can’t make me with you.
7 ‘Is that your bike?’ ‘No, it’s John’s. He let me it.’
8 Rachel can’t come to the party. She told me you.
9 Would you like a drink? Would you like me some coffee?
10 ‘Kate doesn’t like me.’ ‘What makes you that?’

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