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People should wear orange coats when biking so drivers can see them in the dark. Test questions are kept secret to prevent cheating. We ran to the station so as not to miss the train. He hid behind the door so his father couldn't see him. Paul often goes to bed early to get plenty of sleep. She worked hard so as not to fail her exams again. I phoned her to see if she was fine. She came home early so as not to have problems with her parents. Her husband gave her money so she would buy a pair of shoes. He takes an hour's walk every morning to keep slim.

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Expressing Purpose

People should wear orange coats when biking so drivers can see them in the dark. Test questions are kept secret to prevent cheating. We ran to the station so as not to miss the train. He hid behind the door so his father couldn't see him. Paul often goes to bed early to get plenty of sleep. She worked hard so as not to fail her exams again. I phoned her to see if she was fine. She came home early so as not to have problems with her parents. Her husband gave her money so she would buy a pair of shoes. He takes an hour's walk every morning to keep slim.

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Expressing

purpose
A-Fill in the blanks with "so as to", "so as not to" or "so
:"that
People on bicycles should wear orange coats..drivers can -1
.see them in the dark
The test questions are kept secret -2
.prevent cheating
We ran to the stationmiss the train -3
He hid behind the doorhis father -4
.couldn't see him
Paul often goes to bed earlyget plenty of -5
.sleep
.She worked hard.fail her exams again -6
.I phoned her.see if she was fine-7
.She came home early.have problems with her parents -8
Her husband gave her money..she would buy a pair of -9
.shoes
.He takes an hour's walk every morning..keep slim -10

B-Join these pairs of sentences using the words in


:brackets
She changed the subject .She didn't want us to know about her -1
problem. (so that)

Jhon phoned Sara .He wanted her to come to his birthday party. -2
(so that)

..
James works overtime .He wants to improve his situation. (so as -3
to)

..
Betty took a taxi yesterday .She didn't want to be late. (so as not -4
to)

..
The teacher worked on his lesson plans .He wanted to be ready. (in-5
order to)

..
!!Remember
:Here are some common ways of expressing purpose

.In order (not) to+ infinitive-1


- .Film directors use special effects in order to make films more impressive
- .He wore a mask in order not to be recognized by the police

So as (not) to + infinitive

-2

.-We left early so as to avoid traffic jam


- .I took off my shoes and walked upstairs so as not to wake my parents

To + infinitive-3
- .People go jogging to keep fit

.So that / in order that + subject +modal -4


- .Raise your voice so that I can hear you

Other ways of expressing purpose: ( for the purpose of - with -5


the aim of -with the objective of - with the intention of - with a view
to )

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