I Want You To... And I Told You To

A.
I want you to...
Woman: "I'm leaving."
Man: "Please don't leave me."
The woman wants to leave.
The man doesn't want the woman to leave.
He wants her to stay.
We say:
I want you/somebody/Anne to do something.
I want you to be happy. (not I want that you are happy.)
They didn't want anybody to know their secret.
Do you want me to lend you some money?
We use would like in the same way:
Would you like me to lend you some money?
B.
We also use this structure (verb + somebody + to...) with:
(ask) Sue asked a friend to lend her some money.
(tell) I told you to be careful.
(advise) What do you advise with me?
(expect) I didn't expect them to be here.
(persuade) We persuaded Eric to come with us.
(teach) I am teaching my brother on how to swim.
C.
I told you to.../I told you not to...
Me: (going away)
Anne: "Wait for me!"
Anne told me to wait for her.
Sue: "What time will you be home?"
Paul: "Don't wait for me."
Paul told Sue not to wait for him.
D.
make and let
After make and let, we do not use to.
He's very funny. He makes me laugh. (not makes me to laugh)
At school our teachers made us work very hard.
Ada allows me to use her computer because mine wasn't working. (not let me to use).
You can say Let's...(=Let us) when you want people to do things with you.
Come on! Let's dance.
"Do you want to go out tonight?" "No, I'm tired. Let's stay home."
54.1 Write sentences beginning I want you.../ I don't want you.../ Do you want me...?
1. (you have to come with me) I want you to come with me.
2. (listen carefully) I want ___________________________.
3. (please don't be angry) I don't _____________________.
4. (shall I wait for you?) Do you ______________________.
5. (don't call me tonight) ____________________________.
6. (you should meet Sarah) _________________________.
54.2 Complete the sentences
1. Brian was sick. I advised him to see a doctor. (Me: "You should see a doctor.")
2. I wanted to get to the station. A woman told __________________. (Woman: "Turn left after the bridge.")
3. Linda had a lot of luggage. She asked ____________________. (Woman: "Can you help me?")
4. Sue is going to call later. I told ____________________. (Me: "Don't call after 11 o'clock.")
5. I wanted to make a phone call. Yoshi let ______________________. (Yoshi: "Sure.")
6. Lee's mother taught ________________. (Lee: "Yes, my mother taught me.")
54.3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the list. Sometimes to is necessary (to go/ to wait, etc); sometimes to is not necessary (go/ wait, etc.)
arrive borrow get go leave make repeat tell think wait
1. Please stay! I don't want you to leave yet.
2. I didn't hear what she said, so I asked her ________________ it.
3. "Should we begin?" "No, let's _____________ a few minutes.
4. Are they already here? You can't make me ________________ with you.
5. Kevin's parents didn't want him ___________________ married.
6. I want to stay here. You can't make me ________________ you.
7. "Is that your bicycle?" "No, it's John's. He let me _________________ it.
8. Mika can't come to the party. She told me ________________ you.