mẫu câu · informal

promise + to + V

Band 4-5speakingtask2

to make a firm commitment to do something in the future; followed by a to-infinitive

Examples

“He promised to pay me back next month.”

“The company promised to improve working conditions.”

“She promised to support the new policy if elected.”

Band 8 sentence

“The administration promised to allocate additional funds to schools in disadvantaged areas.”

Collocations

  • promise + to + V
  • make a promise
  • break a promise

Word family

promise verbpromise nounpromising adjective/gerund

Common mistakes

I promise helping you tomorrow.→I promise to help you tomorrow.

She promised that call me later.→She promised to call me later.

Say it for a higher band

5say (that)→6agree to→7+promise + to + V

Synonyms

assure

pledge

Easily confused

offer to

“She offered to help with the project.”

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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