Want you to

  • B1 · Intermediate
  • Grammar lesson
  • 60 min
  • want someone to

want, would like and expect + a person + to + verb, the pattern of ask and tell: My parents want me to study law, but my friends want me to travel. From a voice message after college, when everyone has a plan for you, to a talk about what we expect from the people in our lives.

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What's in the lesson

  1. 1Warm-up
  2. 2In this lesson
  3. 3Listen: Fatou's voice messageListening comprehension
  4. 4What does it mean?Grammar exercise
  5. 5Find the patternGrammar exercise
  6. 6want someone toGrammar rule
  7. 7Choose the right formGrammar exercise
  8. 8A message from the coachGrammar exercise
  9. 9Find the mistakeGrammar exercise
  10. 10Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
  11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
  12. 12What we expectSpeaking practice
  13. 13About youGrammar exercise
  14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

  1. 1Homework: before the partyGrammar exercise
  2. 2Homework: which is right?Grammar exercise
  3. 3Homework: build the sentencesGrammar exercise
  4. 4Homework: a big decisionDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

  1. Who helped you most when you chose your job or your studies?
  2. When you were young, did your family have a plan for your future?
  3. When someone asks you for a favor, can you say no, or do you always say yes?

Grammar rule

want someone to

verb + a person + to + verb

VerbExample
wantMy cat wants me to get up at five every morning.
would like (more polite)We'd like you to join us on Sunday.
expect (you think they should, or will)My parents expect me to call every Sunday.

The person can be a name, a noun or me, you, him, her, it, us, them (not I, he, she, we, they).

want to or want someone to?

  • I want to travel. (I would do the traveling: it is my wish.)
  • My friends want me to travel. (I would do the traveling: it is their wish.)

Negatives and questions

  • don't want + person + to is the usual negative: They don't want me to leave.
  • With would like and expect (and ask and tell), not goes before to: We'd like you not to park here.
  • Do you want me to carry that? (an offer) · What do they expect you to do?

Watch out

  • No that after want or would like: I want that you stay. → I want you to stay.
  • Don't forget to: She wants him go. → She wants him to go.
  • to + the base verb: expects us to coming → expects us to come.
  • me, not I: They want I sing. → They want me to sing.
ask and tell + a person + to (lesson 19) work the same way: Mom asked us to set the table. The doctor told him to rest. (let and make are different: let me go, make me laugh, with no to.)

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