Fill in the blanks.
1I talked to the shy girl ............... that she would not feel left out.
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Use "so" to complete the purpose connector "so that" before a clause.
2We stopped at the restaurant ............... lunch.
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Use "for" before the noun "lunch" to express purpose.
3We stopped at the restaurant ............... lunch.
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Use "to have" before the noun phrase "lunch" to express the purpose of stopping.
4I went to America ............... my brother.
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Use "to see" to express the purpose of going to America.
5A barometer is used ............... pressure.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "to measure" and "for measuring" can describe the purpose of a thing.
6He went to London ............... for work.
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Use "to look" to express the purpose of going to London.
7I warned him ............... he would not repeat the same mistake.
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Use "so that" before the clause "he would not repeat the same mistake" to express purpose.
8We eat ............... live.
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Use "to" before the base verb "live" to express purpose.
9We eat ............... we may live.
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Use "so that" before the clause "we may live" to express purpose.
10We started early ............... we would not be late.
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Use "so that" before the clause "we would not be late" to express purpose.
11We bought some burgers ............... eat on the way.
Wrong!
Use "to" before the base verb "eat" to express purpose.
12He was sent to prison ............... stealing.
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Use "for" before the gerund "stealing" to give the reason for punishment.
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- I talked to the shy girl so that she would not feel left out.
- We stopped at the restaurant for lunch.
- We stopped at the restaurant to have lunch.
- I went to America to see my brother.
- A barometer is used to measure / for measuring pressure.
- He went to London to look for work.
- I warned him so that he would not repeat the same mistake.
- We eat to live.
- We eat so that we may live.
- We started early so that we would not be late.
- We bought some burgers to eat on the way.
- He was sent to prison for stealing.