1 – To nos diz o propósito de alguma coisa, expressa o motivo pelo qual alguém precisa de alguma coisa, faz alguma coisa, tem alguma coisa. Dá razão a existência de algo.
Perceba que aparece To + verb e For + noun.
Veja:
• I phoned the restaurant to reserve a table.
• What do you need to make dinner?
• The president has a team of bodyguards to protect him.
• It’s difficult to find a place to park in the centre.
• They gave us money to buy food.
2 – Pode-se usar for na estrutura “for somebody to do something”. Olha só:
• There weren’t any chairs for us to sit on, so we sat on the floor.
•There wasn’t water for us to drink, so we drank juice.
3 – também podemos usar for + -ing ou to para falar sobre propósitos genéricos de algumacoisa ou o que alguma coisa é. Compare:
• I use this brush for washing the dishes, ou to wash the dishes.
3.1 – mas se quiser falar o porquê alguém faz alguma coisa, não use –ing:
• I went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.(e não washing)
4 – Usamos What … for? Para perguntar o o propósito de algo:
• What is this switch for?
• What did you do that for?
5 – Quando o propósito é negativo, usa-se so that… won’t/wouldn’t:
• I hurried so that I wouldn’t be late.
• Eat something now so that you won’t (or don’t) get hungry later.
5.1 – Você também pode construir a frase sem o that. Veja:
I hurried so that I wouldn’t be late
ou
I hurried so I wouldn’t be late
6 – So that também é usado com can e could. Compare:
• She’s learning English so that she can study in Canada.
• We moved to London so that we could see our friends more often.
This is for you: Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe
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Autor: David Martins
Fonte: Jumping
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