grammar · neutral

intend + to + V

Band 6-7speakingtask2

to have a plan or purpose to do something; to mean to do something

Examples

“I intend to apply for the scholarship next month.”

“She intends to retrain as a teacher after graduation.”

“We intend to reduce plastic use in our daily routines.”

Band 8 sentence

“I intend to specialise in renewable energy engineering because I want to contribute to sustainable development.”

Collocations

  • intend to do something
  • intend + object + to + V (e.g. intend him to see it)

Word family

intend verbintention nounintentional adjective

Common mistakes

I intend going to university next year.→I intend to go to university next year.

I intend on applying for the job.→I intend to apply for the job.

Say it for a higher band

5want to→6plan to→7+intend + to + V

Synonyms

plan

mean

Easily confused

plan + to + V

“They plan to travel to Spain next summer.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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