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278 COMMENTS

Me encanta la pronunciación del profesor. Es excelente.

Luisa Elena Cecchetti

    Thank you so much for this great lesson !
    As you said it’s not a real problem not to remember the functions or the roles of these infinitives, but the most important is to know how to use them correctly while speaking or writing !

    Thank you Alex.

    Nabil

Thanks Alex! You have been my favorite teacher so far :)

kulet_1010

    I couldn´t agree more!!! Mr. Makar is also one of my favorite online teachers. He explains grammar with great ease.

    I take my hat off to him!

    Regards

    Regino

      I followed your adviced Alex, and watched this video again; just to make sure I had understood the different functions of infinitives in a sentence.

      Of course I redid the quiz, well-desined by the way.

      Bye, take care.

      Regino

    For all people here Ladies and Gentlemen I hope there is anybody wants to practice her/his English with me voice chat :)
    my Skype is khalid_3adel
    Regards

    MONSTERO

    Yes alex is teacher good

    Esmaeel

Wow!!! Great lesson!!! Thanks a lot!!!

deagvb7

thank Alex very much!

demdemtroi

    Do you learn english too. My english is not very well.

    Holly Jack

Thanks Alex! I love your lessons! but I not have enough practice! What do you advice me?

zina918

GOT 100! HEY ALEX! HOW’S IT GOING? ABOUT THIS SENTENCE: – TO DO THE RIGHT THING ISN’T EASY.. COULD I SAY: – DOING THE RIGHT THING ISNT EASY?

brunnocezzar24

    Hey Brunno, actually yes, you can say it like that, the gerund replaces the infinitive as a subject in the sentence, hope it was helpful.

    Catd12

I want to learn more to improve my English. Thank you Alex :)

Happy04

    Me too Happy04, we all are in the same boat.

    Keep on the good work ! ! !

    Regards

    Regino

Very interesting lesson. Thank you Alex.

ricmen

new insight. Thanks Alex

indi60

Nice lesson Alex
One day i’ll talk like a native english :)

Luke

Thanks Alex for very useful lesson!!!

kuba aka

Thanks Alex.

H M RONI CHOWDHURY

Thank you Alex. All your lessons are very interesting.

maiiup

    Yes all lesson mor important

    Esmaeel

Thanks Alex, I want to learn to speak english :)

glmrenard

To learn English with you is to assist me; Thanks a lot!

VietNam1984

I got 100, thanks Alex!!

Roychen0203

thanks for the lesson!

annie0301

Thanks Alex .. it was so clear .. I want to watch more lessons to get my English improved :)
Regards .

aboood1994

Wow!

Abhi

Hi alex.. i just want to learn how to use “won’t”?

allen14

    Hi!How are you? Most of Philippine are good english.Why you study english?

    Holly Jack

Thank you, Alex! It seems to be very helpful for me.:)

Konstantyn Yefimov

good lesson, motly the latest words : grammar in non timportant thant speaking

moezbesbes

Great! thaks

eloa.fernandes

Thanks Alex,
you are my grammar wizard:)

byte

hi Emma could you help me how to learn rules phonetic

rochel17

it is always useful to watch a learning video, no matter it is new or old

Jason-Zhou

Thank

pavanut2

Thank you for your lesson! It was interesting to get to know how to use some grammatical structures. F.e.”to” at the beginning of the sentence or that it can be right to use some “to” in one sentence.

natalianew

well…..i took the test, scored 10 out of 10, it was very easy, basic english, but i wonder whether IELTS will be as easy as such……still i appreciate this website and the teachers here who have put up such an effort to teach people english…..hats off to you all

dr_tanmoy

Can I get all the collection of lessons in one package ? Thanks

Ardaneswara Purnama Putra

7/10 :-( “to be or not to be that’s …..” maybe not to be 7/10?????… :-((

Jorge Pedroso

I have one question to you Adam. In the beginning of the lesson you have used the word “often” and you spelled the “T”? I thought the T was mute in the word!

Jorge Pedroso

    Bom día Jorge,

    Not “spelled”, you actually meant “pronounced”. Check out e.g. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/often .
    Both patterns are used. In the UK, “t” is usually silent in this word, but it depends on the origin of the speaker.

    David

Thanks.

beecat12

Hello Alex, can you explain this for me :
The first step is to feel positive about learning English. I don’t understan why we have to use ” to feel” instead of feeling.
By the way, your lesson is very useful for me. Thank you

thquynh

Thanks, I got 70% without watching the lesson.

Abdul Qayum

Hi Alex!
First of all I wanted to thank you for the lesson; Second,I did catch the difference between the example “I want to help you” (object) and “He wants to leave” (adjective). Could you help me to understand?

Francescodlm

thanks a lot!

fabiano.leal

thank you so much

majd zakarneh

Thanks Alex!

tm4u2k6

I got 100! Thanks Alex

TalhaSen

Thank you very much. The lesson was very interesting.

errami

this is my fist time in this side, I am learning a lot, thank Alex and everyone.

Fred

thank you for the lessons Mr. Alex! I’m sure this video lesson will improve my english comprehension. :)

Fernand

thank you Mr Alex

KARIM.ABDELAALI

At some point of the video, you said “It’s not that important to…” I’d like to know if there are differences among the constructions “it’s not that +verb”, “it’s not so +verb” and it’s not much +verb”.

Aires6

You help me to learn english so easily!!! Thank you Alex :)

katerinapas1

    hi katerinapas1
    i would like to practice english with you, please add me on skype neeraj.punia1

    neeraj.punia1

Thanks. It was very intrasting.

Doxly

Dear Alex..
Hi
Hope you are okay.
Would you mind to lend me a helping hand please?
Is my sentence is okay ??!!!
” This is a profitable book which you can learn a lot through “.
My ? is : Is is possible to leave the word “through” at the end of the sentence without the pronoun “it” at last ? In written English I meant.

Many tnx in advance
Regards,
fatiima!

fatiima8

    It is correct.

    Soei

excuse…
Is my sentence okay??!!!

fatiima8

The 2nd excuse…
Is it possible ?

fatiima8

    I’ve got it.

    Up me !

    fatiima8

PLEASE ANY ONE SHARE THE STEP OF LEARNING AND SPEAKING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE. HOW I SPEAKING AND LEARN ENGLISH BY VIDEO……. please share link one by one….

mastergaurav

Lesson was good, but quiz is too easy

lakshmi143

I’d like to say thank you cause you always show me about Grammar Pronounciation. It’s great Idea.

Holly Jack

tks for your lesson

lethithaonguyen0304

Good lesson. It was mi first one

Arcadio

thank you

Daniar

I like learning English very much .I would like to improve my English . I would like to speak English fluently .I would like to listen ,read and write well.Please,help me . Please , provide me with books , CD and a computer.

Muhammad Moustafa Hassan Ibrahim Fareeka

    Hi there, I took out your address and phone number from your comment so weird random people off the Internet don’t start texting you…

    engVid Moderator

thank you very much,
with all my best wishes.

anass ali

Thank you so, so much :) To learn English grammar with ur lessons is very helpful to improve our Eng. speaking. :) :) :)

Burak

thank you

Amine@english

Hi, I want to know “southwest” & “south-west” is there any difference? Are both of them correct?
Thanks.

Sophie

To learn this lesson is very helpful
I want you to teach me more

katorbob

I’m so glad I have finally found resource like that. Here I can study English for free. Thank you.

max2805

Hi Fatiima
I think the correct sentence should be:
“This is a valuable book which you would learn a lot from it”
profitable means to get more money for it

AL2K

I thank you

Gabrielbert

Can I say ‘Learning a new language is helpful’ i.e. can I use gerund form?

sllf

    Hi Sluncheva, how’ve you been?

    As for your question both ways are possible. That is, to use either an infinitive or gerund as a subject of a sentence.

    To lear a new language is useful=

    Learning a new language is useful.

    As far as I can tell both sentences have exactly the same meaning.

    Good luck with your English Sluncheva.

    Bye for now.

    Regino

Thank You this lesson, dear Alex! Nevertheless I have problem with different using between gerund and infinitive after verbs.Please speak about it too! I am very grateful for your service! I very appreciate your services! Thank You! (I am from Hungary)

Vidamzenesz

I GOT 80%…..THANK U I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IT BEFORE…LIKE THIS. THANK U AGAIN.

mister

Hello everybody!!! I m looking for English speaking friends to talk and practise! I m from Kazakhstan. If you are interested write me on skype Janetta1287

Zhanara

Hello! I want to practice English too! My skype is Roman__Z1

RomanZ

thank you Alex!

alinacristina

10/10…

Jaine

Thanks a million for this useful video

heydar Ali

Hi, Alex. I ran across an issue trying to watch your video in EngVid.

Subject: To restrict my access to the video is awfull.
Object: The video is said to have a LearnVid content.
Subject complement: I want to understand the infinitives better.
Object complement: You job is to provide access to everybody.
Adjective: I want you to fix this issue.
Adverb: I want to be able to watch videos in EngVid to get a better understanding of English.

Regards!

Konstantin

Thank so much

nhatnguyen3089

    Thank you Alex.

    Tampt

Thanks a lot. I’m very grateful. :)

mykantee

Now, My English is not very wel, but I’m confident to become a master of english in the near future.

dtphong1992

Thanks a lot, Alex! It’s a very useful lesson! But I’ve remembered the one another case of infinitive used in tv news’ headlines. E.g. “Rambler to boost development” (noun-infinitive-noun). What is the form? How should we understand it?

brat2

I am greatful. Please I need more. I don’t mind to pay for it. Thank you

OJAmaga

It’s my disaster.

LordFrog

hi guys my Skype is fred.martinez38 if you want to practice the idiom.

Fred

First of all, congratulations and thank you very much for this website and the wonderful videos. They are amazing and very useful! This is really nice!
Also, I have question about this lesson: When we use a verb as a subject of a sentence, I thought the right way was to use the ‘-ing’ form, e.g. ‘smoking is bad for health.’ But in this video, the infinitive with ‘to’ is used instead. Then, should it be ‘to smoke is bad for health?’
Could you help me, pelase?

TheRedKnight

My erros were # 07 and # 08. It is not so bad. Isn’t it??!!
Thank you Alex!

sweetlullaby1

First of all I really do thank you for your precious lessons!And I would like to ask if there is any possibility to post lessons of ‘impersonal structure’, ‘cleft sentences’ and ‘participle clause’, if there is and you can be able to post them.. It would be really helpful to me and I guess to others too.. =)

Wolf Pride

thanks

fahad bozn

Today is my first day of using this web site, I find it very helpful for improving my English.Thank you so much Alex you are great. please correct me if something wrong with my comment.

uncle eddy

    Welcome to engVid, uncleeddy! Hope you check out more of our lessons :)

    engVid Moderator

is not that difficult

Ehmeid

I love myself :)

mariam820915

    So do I Mariam!

    All the best.

    Regino

Thanks teacher! You are wonderful. I used engvid because I want to learn good English.

bettylucia59

thanks alex, its easier to understand your teaching than any other english teacher i’ve experienced.

anndya

Thanks a lot! :)

dorycam

    Hi all al Itatlan

    Esmaeel

Thanks Alex for your lesson, it’s been very helpful. Now, I have a question, when can you use a -ing form, instead of the infinitive one? I mean, e.g.:
-It’s not easy learning English ( instead of ‘to learn’) or,
– My dream is opening my own business or,
– Doing the right thing is not easy or
– They love traveling.
etc.

I’m pretty confused about this Infinitive – Gerund thing.

Thanks in advance! :)

raqueldom

I like your teaching style

h.mariyam

Hello Alex.

First of all, great lesson. But I have some doubts.
Is it correct to say, for exemple:
Doing the right thing is not easy.
They love travelling.

When start a phrase with ING?

Thank you.

Ricardons

Got 90. But this is a great teacher. Thank you.

Angela M.

Thank you soo much! Alex :)

Yasmin

THANKS=)tHE LESSON IS VERY CLEAR=)

tatius

Thanks Alex!

Cholito

Thanks Alex

linh02

Thank you alex.:)

chellie

Thank you Mr. Alex you made the Infinitives really easy to understand == did you see I used it previously :D

Mohammed Anes.

Thank you so much.

m.s.a

Same target being here of everyone is to improve English skills that’s way thank you for contributions

leventhotan

Thanks a Tot!! have a nice week!! I’m feeling thankfull

guguloso

I Love this professor !!!!

Xhyka

“merci beaucoup”

sapper3048

its good TO LEARN….

kaanth

Thank so much

SupanutChuamuangphan

i got 9/10

macytran

i like this lesson and love this prof.

macytran

Thank you Alex.

Riyadh Nasser

thank you very much Alex))) i made just one mistake

Milena14

10/10 Thank you, Alex!

viacheslavkr

hello mr Alex. how can i improve my spellings .any tips, or any lessons that you have in here

Abdifatah201

Gracias Alex.
You are my favourite teacher to learn english

lopalval

I still got wrong 2of 10, but not so bad, Isn’t it? Thanks Alex.

spinelli

thank so much

hemdan

this website is amazing.

crosty

thanks a lot

hatim chafouk

thank you Alex it is a great lesson

majedzah

Hey. I din’t find this Active And Passive Infinitive Video. Can you please help me with this.!!!

miten6119

good lesson

burcuta

Great lesson, Alex. Thank you!

Sonia1234

thank you so much! I want to speak better english and this helped me a lot!

nori.maki

Thaks

Nadir

Great lesson, Alex. Thank you!

bopeengl

yeahhhh!!! I got 10 out of 10. I want to thank for your interesting classes, professor Alex. You’re awesome!!

Emmacr

thanks Alex, it’s a great lesson

dellah

Thank you very much Alex.

Nadir

I’ve got 10 out of 10. :)
I like how you explains grammar
Thank you Alex

Belal Fadel

You are awesome as usual Mr. Alex

Ali A. Ali

Hy! I am Krisztiàn from Hungary. Can i speak anybody on facebook in english? If you are a teacher and you have free time for me and for that speak in english on the web i will waiting for you. This site is amazingly good. But i have to talk somebody who can speak in english very well and who see my mistakes. Thanks for the reply.

Krisztian93

Thanks a lot that’s so great to learn english

ismailw

thank Alex very much!

Yasser Amry

Really usfull to remenber, what i’ve forgotten.

vjuanpa

thanks sir

kajaldixit

The best score. Thanks!

AlexSem

I got a perfect score on this lesson. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Sir Alex!

BackToSchool

¡¡¡The end I get ten¡¡¡

ceccy smart

    Did you get 10 at the end of the lesson? Bravo!

    “I like/love learning English, dancing, and listening to music. I am a student of English. I would like to learn more/many languages.”

    All the best with your English Ceccy Smart.

    Regino

Thank Alex

ceccy smart

Thaks Alex

shinichiota

9/10 Thanks,Alex!

viacheslavkr

I feel so glad ´cause this video offer a grammar things that help to understand the meaning of daily expressions,thanks!

Gio87

I don’t understand question 10. Why didn’t use “improving” instead of “improve”. I’m not good at English. I’m looking forword to your reply ALex. Thanks for good lesson:))

Tassaporn

Thanks Alex. I think I love English. When you teach me.

Leamy

Hey Guys Namaste! can we start a group to discuss all the things related to english language. Like facebook or google hangout…Please let me know if you are interested. I will create it for us. Even though we can learn the culture of different countries also as we all are from different geography.

R Kumar

    Hi R Kumar:
    I am In! Count me in! I don’t wand your money!You are Whom I wand!
    Let’s work together.
    By the way,’Namaste’ means …..(peace–平安–pin arn?).
    How do you pronounce it?

    englisheleven

        Not to be allowed to leave my email address .

        englisheleven

        Hi R Kumar :
        Thank you for your reply letting me understanding your greeting culture.

        englisheleven

        hi R kumar:
        my Youtube video (englisheleven)–about English sentence structure for not native English speaker .Welcome to correct it and translate it into Hindi Language .

        englisheleven

thanks a lot

youngho lee

Thank you so much!!

Adriano Celin

Thanks for your lesson.. grate!!

Soraya Moreno

thanks a lot

Md Rayhan Kabir

Thanks Alex.I got 100% without watching the video :)

Hamedmohammad

Thanks Alex :)

asmanihal

Thank you Alex for your teaching me.

Enkutatash

for the first example:
To do the right thing is not easy, can we use a Gerund instead of infinitive:
Doing the right thing is not easy?
and where can we use both of them?

heyran

    Hi, yes we can. As the subject of a sentence we can use both gerund and infinitive. Mo problem,To learn ( Learning) English is important. Best regards

    Soei

Thank you so much

Noe Jung Ho

Hi Alex. I have really enjoyed this lesson. I am still struggling with this language. If someone wants to speak to me to improve my English I will be appreciative. This my email address tyyoko@yahoo.com. ☺️

Kasia777

    nice lesson

    sharath116

    Hi Kasia777:
    My Youtube video (englisheleven)–about English sentence structure for not native English speaker .Welcome to correct it and translate it into PolishLanguage .

    englisheleven

very very nice !!!!
Great class

rsscott78

Thanks Alex! I love you.

samisallam6

The most great part of this video is I can practice what I learned.
To do exercise is a good way to improve your grammars.

Nikki Jwx

Thank your sir, got 90%.

Abdul Qayum

Thanks a lot. Something new for me and helpful.

Nusia

I didn’t answer last question
Help you improving
Is ‘help’ always used with gerund?
Is there anybody

Manolya

    Hi Manolya:
    It was my understanding that ‘help’ is not always used with gerund.
    ‘help’ can be used as causative .
    For more details I refer you to Adam’s English Grammar–Causative lesson.
    hope this helps! See you!

    englisheleven

Thank you Teacher Alex for your good explanation.
when I evaluate myself I think I am going to explain myself with those who speak english very well.what do think?

Enkutatash

Thank you for the lesson!

Valery teacher

Thank you a lot ! I’m a new user BUT so far you’r my fav teacher . As to me,you explain the topics in a very clear and interesting way so It can be understood easily.

Nat Pal

You got 9 correct out of 10.
:)
Thanks guy! :-)

Pol

polhallen

100! Thank you very much!

Anton Sergeyevich

amazing lesson

indranile

Thanks Alex! I got the 90! It’s helpful to me.

Chloechou

Wow, I think I did this test quikly

Oleg Tomson

Can I write “Her job is assisting you'”? Or does it have to be written as “Her job is to assist you.”?

Pattan

I don’t think it could be adj,it’s more like an object complement in sentence 4

Mieless

    Hi Mieless:
    Let me understanding.
    Sentence 4 may be a reduced sentence from ‘We decided that we will not attend’.
    ‘that we will not attend'(noun clause–dependent clause) acts as an object to decided.
    By taking out ‘that we will’ and turning ‘attend'(base verb) into ‘to attend'(infinitive),we simplify a noun clause into an infinitive.
    Hope this helps!
    Why?and How?.See you next time!

    englisheleven

Thank you very much for your valuable explanation. It can be useful for us !

ratha.yi

Hello, Alex! It is geat to see your lessons! It is very useful. But I have a question about infinitive using as adjective. As I know, adjrctive is a modifier and it modifies a noun. It asks the question “what?” For example: “I have got a red coat”. What coat? Red one. In your example – “I told you to wait.” What noun does the infinitive modify? “You”? May be I am not so familiar with english, but I have not found in any grammar books this kind of explanation about using infinitive as an adjective. Moreover, there is more obvious example of using infinitive as an adjective – ” I have a lot of wark to do”. What wark? To do!

Timvic

    I am sorry! Of course, I made the mistake – not “wark” but “work”.

    Timvic

I got 90% correct, I want to learn more to improve my english.

mayette77

Thank you very much!!

Yuliia Yuliia

6 right questions… I have to improve it quickly!

Bruno Soares

Thanks.9/10

abdal7

you are a great teacher..easy explication and easy of understand….gracias

jmanuelsi

thak you sir! now i know their differences.

rex artym

i got a perfect score.10\10

rex artym

Great lesson and very educational. Thank Alex!

jesmarquez

I got 8/10 Thank Alex!

Irina Bondareva

I got 90. I lost one only because of being careless !Thank you.

Soei

what do I say if i got 70 out 100

Amer.Rayes

thank’s a lot!

vkachan69

Hey Alex, Thank’s for your lessons
But I have a doubt.
“The purpose of this activity is to help you improve” This is correct? :s
Why not: “The purpose of this activity is to help you improving” or “The purpose of this activity is to help you to improve”
I hope you to answer me soon :)

Lucho Molina

    hi. nice to meet you.
    actually i am wondering the correct answer for the 10th question.

    noah

      Hi. Nice to meet you! After help we use infinitive or bare infinitive form of a verb, so the first item is correct. Best regards

      Soei

You are simply the best as Tina Turner used to sing

jma321

I got 9/10
Thanks Alex

handwriting

Got a perfect score… thanks alex you’ve explained this lesson very well… hav3 a nice day…

Ryan18

i got 9 correct out of 10.
i really understood 5 ways to use infinitives
because of your kindiy and definite explanation.
what i always say, thank you mr.alex.

noah

Thanks, Alex!

MicGal

9/10. I made a mistake in the last question because I forget that “help” is followed by bare infinitive. Thanks for this useful lesson, Alex :)

nextstep.n

I like listening to your lessons. You always make them seem so easy.

Andre Miranda

I thought the quiz was easier (easy), but I messed up number one and ten.
I have to pay more attention.
Thanks for the opportunity to use my brain in this way.

Fatima Angelo

thank you so much. May God bless your work.
“In teaching others we teach ourselves”
~Hazrat Ali (PBUH)

Abdullah Quidwai

Thanks!! I got it !!

Saraloza

Hello Alex, I am immense benefited from engvid study material.i have one doubt in question no 10 improve should be preceded by to

vvsanjeev

I got 9 correct out of 10.
:) Thanks, Alex!

SUKRUT JAIDEE

Thanks, Alex!

Mirtha Suarez Grandez

thanks for the lesson, it’s very usefull,,,

Arinas Sabila

why I can’t say “The purpose of this activity is to help you to improve”.

ppgsilvia

is great, adorei sua explicação objetiva e clara, thank you.

Alexandre Bezerra

Hi Alex! Why do not we use second infinitive before improve in the correct sentence of the last quiz ‘The purpose of this activity is to help you improve’?

Akbar Safi

Sir Alex, first of all I would like to thank you for all the lessons you’ve been teaching us over the Internet. Secondly, I have got a question in regards to this lesson. In these two sentences the first one is from the Quiz and is surely correct. How about the second one, isn’t it correct too?
-The purpose of this activity is to help you improve.
-The purpose of this activity is to help you to improve.

fardinshah

failed to wrap my head around the difference between a gerund and an infinitive or a noun ; (
e.g.:
– to help others is a noble goal
– helping other is a noble goal
– to love is to sacrifice
– love is sacrifice
confused

HentaiAsFolk

Hi, Alex!
Just decided to have the test and, consequently, I have only one mistake as a result. And guess where? “we decided not to [do something]”. Is it supposed to be a correct answer? I’ve always known that it is wrong to put “no” before “to”. But excluding the wrong anwers, I’ve come to another anwer which looked more correct (If i’m not mistaken, it was “We decided not [doing smth]”)

Maxxx89

    Hm…. It seems that the thing I remembered was “do not put [no] after [to] and before infinitive ^^.

    Maxxx89

thanks 100

Satilmis

Excellent teaching. But I find difficulty in reaching the lesson I stopped at. So I suggest numbering the lessons, or giving a shade to the lesson that one already studied. Or giving the students the option putting a tick or a ☆ on the lessons they finished.

drnady2010

    This is an often-requested feature! We’re looking into it :)

    engVid Moderator

      Thanks a lot

      drnady2010

      Hi, please also write the number of the questions, It’s very important. Thank you

      Soei

Thanks Alex for your lessons. I had three mistakes because I don´t read the sentences very well.

capi007

Thanks, Mr. Alex, you did it so good!

caiopablo

You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D

aamitd

Hi Alex. Thank you. Your lesson helped me very much!
100 correct

mario faro

Hi Alex, thank you for your lesson.
I have a question to ask. Would that be correct if I said “My dream is opening a café” instead of “My dream is to open a café”? Do the both sentences have the same meaning?

dyansavitri

thanks a lot..

Maia06

Thanks a lot Alex!

Alex-1956

Hi!
Thanks for your teaching.
I have a question
What is the difference between using ‘Gerund as subject complement’ and ‘Infinitive as subject complement’?

Pari

10/10 Very good lesson! Thanks!

viacheslavkr

Thank you Alex! It is a simple but important subject for me.
However, I have one question, how do we to distinguish between to infinitives as a subject or as an object and gerund as a subject or an object? Thank in advance for your response.

Sardes

Thanks again Mr. Alex!

Alex-1956

I want to learn to speak English with everyone, Thank you Mr.Alex

mcnacho

100!!! It is great! It is because of you. It is a pleasure for me to listen your lessons.
Thank you so much.

Galina Ivanovna

this video really helped me!
thanks teacher.

Thychu

Hi! Thanks for your teaching.
I have a question: Why do not we use second infinitive before improve in the correct sentence of the last quiz (10) “The purpose of this activity is to help you improve” or to improve?

Eva

Thank a lot Mr Alex for your teaching
I got 100 percent of band exam
And I saw your pag-man method video
I believe it’s very inspiration

Arsham

Hallo. Could you please make a video of “bare infinitives”. It is a pretty interesting question.
With the best wishes, Jack.

Black-jack07

    Thanks a lot for your job here.

    Black-jack07

I come here to learn INFINITIVE
I am from China
thanks a lot

George Stephen

Nice class, I enjoyed to learn this theme.

Thank you very much

Carlos Eduardo Vasconez

Alex, I thank you a lot. your work and lesson is great! Grazie!<3

AlessandroItaly

Thank you Alex, wonderful lesson as always

Sorido

THANKS ALEX

Cimmato

Hi Adam,
Could you mind checking the grammatically mistakes these sentences, I will be very thankful to you, for that.
Combine the following sentences in a single sentence by using an infinitive.
1. I have engaged a private tutor. He will teach me English.
I have engaged a private tutor, to teach me English.
2. He is very weak. He cannot walk.
He is very weak, to walk.
3. I looked out of the window of my carriage. I wanted to see the green pastures.
I looked out of the of my carriage, to see the green pastures.
4. The proposal is quite unreasonable. It cannot be accepted.
The proposal is quite unreasonable to accept.
5. He want to gain the first position. He works hard for it.
He want to gain the first position, to work hard

Arshad 1122

Thank you again.

You are right, as long as I can understand and construct sentences it’s alright. Although I can construct well but sometimes I make mistake, and don’t even understand where I am going wrong. Maybe because it’s not my mother tongue. When someone say wrongly constructed sentences in my language. It seems funny, how did they even come up such sentences. But then again I am doing same with other’s language. So I decided to learn honestly.

Student741

It’s my first time watching your class. It’s very clear and fast :)
Thank you.

CaLopes

The purpose of this activity is to help you improve.

Isn’t it necessary to have “to” or “ing” in front of the verb “improve” in this sentence?

idoo

I watched this video twice on June 12, 2021, and took the quiz after watching it once. I got ten correct out of 10.

ergn

Hello, I always thank you, Alex
also, I have a question about the infinitives
to help others you need to learn how to help people
I’m asking about how to help phrase is it infinitive or not

mohamed salah asran

– I told you to leave.

“to leave” is the direct object (answers “to what?”)
“you” is the indirect object (answers “to whom?”)

why in the video you say that “you” is the direct object?
and why you consider “to leave” an adjective since does not specify or describe in any way that noun “you”?

igorflorentino

    forget it, I understand now Lol.

    in reality the answer of “what” is “you to leave”
    I don’t want just to leave, I want YOU to leave.

    I get it, thanks

    igorflorentino
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