English · Astronomy and the Solar System

Describing purpose — used for + gerund / in order to + base verb

used for plus -ing, or to plus the base verb

  • Experimental sciences important
  • Mathematics important
  • Engineering important
  • Management and economics important

6 minutes

The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.

What the syllabus expects from you

  • Describing the purpose of an instrument/object (used for + gerund, in order to + base verb)

The method

  1. Purpose = used for + -ing OR to + base verb, never 'for to'

The common mistakes

  • 'for to' instead of 'to' for purpose

From the lesson

Look at this sentence about a telescope. It explains exactly why astronomers use this instrument.

The vocabulary

  • is used for observing (يُستخدم لمراقبة)

Builds on