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Unit 54 · -ing and to …

I went to the shop to ...

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A

Paula wanted a newspaper, so she went to the shop.

Why did she go to the shop?

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To get a newspaper.

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She went to the shop to get a newspaper.

to ... (to get / to see etc.) tells us why a person does something:

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'Why are you going out?' 'To buy some food.'

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Catherine went to the station to meet her friend.

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Sue turned on the television to watch the news.

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I'd like to go to Spain to learn Spanish.

money/time to (do something):

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We need some money to buy food.

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I haven't got time to watch television.

B

to ... and for ...

to + verb (to get / to see etc.)

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I went to the shop to get a newspaper.

(not for get)

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They're going to Brazil to see their friends.

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We need some money to buy food.

for + noun (for a newspaper / for food etc.)

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I went to the shop for a newspaper.

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They're going to Brazil for a holiday.

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We need some money for food.

C

wait for ...:

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Please wait for me.

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Are you waiting for the bus?

wait to (do something):

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Hurry up! I'm waiting to go.

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Are you waiting to see the doctor?

wait for (somebody/something) to ...:

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The lights are red. You have to wait for them to change.

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Are you waiting for the doctor to come?

They're waiting for the lights to change.

Exercises (5)

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54.1

Write sentences beginning I went to .... Choose from the boxes.

a coffee shopthe stationbuy some vegetablesget some medicinethe chemistthe marketmeet a friendget a train ticket
  1. 1
    I went to the station to get a train ticket.example
  2. 2
    I went
  3. 3
  4. 4
54.2

Complete the sentences. Choose from the box.

to get some fresh airto read the newspaperto wake him upto open this doorto see who it wasto watch the news
  1. 1
    I turned on the TV .example
  2. 2
    Alice sat down in an armchair .
  3. 3
    Do I need a key .
  4. 4
    I went for a walk by the river .
  5. 5
    I knocked on the door of David's room .
  6. 6
    The doorbell rang, so I looked out of the window .
54.3

Use your own ideas to finish these sentences. Use to . . . .

  1. 1
    I went to the shop .example
  2. 2
    I'm very busy. I don't have time .
  3. 3
    I called Amy .
  4. 4
    I'm going out .
  5. 5
    I borrowed some money .
54.4

Write to or for.

  1. 1
    I went out get some bread.example
  2. 2
    We went to a restaurant have dinner.
  3. 3
    Robert wants to go to university study economics.
  4. 4
    I'm going to London an interview next week.
  5. 5
    I'm going to London visit some friends of mine.
  6. 6
    Do you have time a cup of coffee?
  7. 7
    I got up late this morning. I didn't have time wash.
  8. 8
    Everybody needs money live.
  9. 9
    We didn't have any money a taxi, so we walked home.
  10. 10
    The office is very small. There's space only a desk and chair.
  11. 11
    a: Excuse me, are you waiting {} be served?
    a: Excuse me, are you waiting be served?
  12. 12
    b: No, I'm already being served, thanks.
    b: No, I'm already being served, thanks.
54.5

Complete these sentences. Choose from:

it / to arriveyou / tell methem / changethe film / begin
  1. 1
    We stopped at the lights and waited .example
  2. 2
    I sat down in the cinema and waited .
  3. 3
    We called an ambulance and waited .
  4. 4
    'Do you know what to do?' 'No, I'm waiting .'