1. Primary Longman Elect
6B Chapter 7
taught … to
Thank you / sorry for …

2. taught … to
We use taught … to to talk about what our teachers taught us.
Miss Chan taught me to respect others.
Use an infinitive after to.

3. Thank you / sorry for … We use Thank you for … to thank others.
We use sorry for … to apologise to others.
We can use gerunds after Thank you for … and sorry for …
Thank you for teaching me to respect others.

4. Thank you / sorry for … We use Thank you for … to thank others.
We use sorry for … to apologise to others.
We can use gerunds after Thank you for … and sorry for …
Sorry for being late.

5. Thank you / sorry for … We use Thank you for … to thank others.
We use sorry for … to apologise to others.
We can use gerunds after Thank you for … and sorry for …
We can also use nouns.
Thank you for your help.

6. Key structure She taught me to know right from wrong. us I am sorry
object pronouns
She
taught me to
know right from wrong. us
I am sorry
for
shouting at you.
Thank you
teaching us to be punctual.
your patience.
Always use nouns or gerunds (-ing words) after a preposition.

7. Practice Find the mistakes and correct them.
1 We are sorry on being rude to you.
2 Amy is sorry for chat in class.
3 Mr Lau taught us at solve problems.
4 We want to thank you for your patient.
5 Grandma taught me to caring for others.
6 We are sorry to talking in class.
for
chatting to
patience
care
for

8. The End