Francisco Pizarro and Galileo ( to+ infinitive or -ing)

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To + Infinitive

Francisco Pizarro



Francisco Pizano decided to return to South America in 1532. He hoped to conquer the Incas. He also expected to become rich. When he reached the Inca city of Cajamarca, he pretended to be a friend. He threatened to kill his prisoner, the Emperor Atahualpa, unless the people brought him their gold and silver. But he did not intend to let the Emperor go free. He aimed to make sure that the Incas had no leader. He promised to set the Emperor free, but killed him. Pizarro also killed his friend Almagro, who refused to obey his orders. Almagro's friends managed to kill Pizano three years later.

1. Look for all the verbs in the previous text that use to + infinitive to write an infinitive after them.





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Galileo


As we as being a scientist, Galileo was interested in painting and musie. He started his studies by attending medieal school in Padua. Unlike most seientists at that time, who usually
relied on discussing the facts, not trying to prove them, he recognized the importance of doing experiments to prove the facts. He is famous for dropping different weights from the Tower of Pisa to prove that all bodies fall at the same rate, though this is probably not a true story. Through practice, he also became good at observing the stars, and identified craters on the Moon, sunspots, and the moons of Jupiter. As a result of studying the planet Venus, he succeeded in proving that Copernieus was correct, and that the Earth moved around the Sun. Unfortunately, the Church authorities accused him of publishing unacceptable ideas. In the end he was forced to choose between being punished by the Church, or denying his own ideas. He spent most of the last nine years of his life imprisoned in his own house.

2. Look for all the verbs in the previous text that use -ing to write an infinitive after them.






3. Speaking and Writing time!
Use the previous verbs to talk with your teacher or write true information about yourself.

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