Expressing Purpose- Unit 3 (Ticket to English)

EXPRESSING PURPOSE

I. Expressing purpose comes as a response to the following question :

WHY ........................... ?

e.g :                        Q : why do you practise sport ?
                               A : I practice sport because I want to keep fit.

This answer can be expressed in different ways, here are the most common ones:
→ I practise sport to/so as to/ in order to keep fit.
→ I practise sport for keeping fit
→ I practise sport for fitness
→ I practise sport in order that / so that I can/ will / could /would keep fit
→ I practise sport for the purpose of / with the aim of / with the objective

of / with the intention of keeping fit .

II. Sometimes we do something because we don’t want something else to happen, in this case we use :

In order not to / so as not to / in order that ....+ modal+ not

e.g :
He speaks silently .He doesn’t want to disturb his neighbors
→  He speaks silently so as not to / in order not to disturb his neighbors
→ He speaks silently so that / in order that he wouldn’t perturbe neighbors.

Examples:
-We had a meeting today so as to discuss next year's programme.
-She did all she could for her not to worry.
-I moved to France so that I could improve my French.
-Everyone did their best in order to finish the work. 

Exercise: 

Choose the correct phrase for the following:
1. We worked hard just before the holiday _ we could really enjoy it.
so that
in order to
to

2. This oven is used _ bread.

to make
for making
for make

3. This bracelet is _ Sarah. It’s her birthday tomorrow.

to
in order to
for

4. Ahmed whispered _ disturb the other passengers on the flight.

for
so as not to
to

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Answers ⇓

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1. We worked hard just before the holiday _ we could really enjoy it.

so that
in order to
to

2. This oven is used _ bread.

to make
for making
for make

3. This bracelet is _ Sarah. It’s her birthday tomorrow.

to
in order to
for

4. Ahmed whispered _ disturb the other passengers on the flight.

for
so as not to
to