Intermediate 📐 Grammar · #117 of 305

Verb + Object + Infinitive

want, ask, tell, allow someone to do.

Examples

  • They allowed me to leave.

Key rules

  • Pattern: verb + object + to-infinitive
  • Verbs: want, ask, tell, advise, allow, expect, persuade
  • Object pronoun is needed: me, him, them
  • Negative: not to + verb

Common mistakes

  • She wants that I help → She wants me to help
  • He told to me wait → He told me to wait
💡 Tip: The object does the action of the infinitive.
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had been + -ing for duration before a past moment.

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will have + past participle for completion before a future time.

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will have been + -ing for duration up to a future point.