WHAT … FOR? – PURPOSE

6: WHAT … FOR? – PURPOSE
Pattern 1: (Simple Present)
What do you go to Ourterspace Language School every day for?
_ I go there to learn English.
What does he lean English for?
_ He learns English so that he may go overseas.
Pattern 2: (Simple Past)
What did you get up early this morning for?
_ I got up early not to miss the plane.
What did he wear a tie for?
_ He wore a tie that he could go to the party with her.

To learn English/That I can learn English
To go overseas/So that I may go overseas
In order to learn medicine/In order that I could learn medicine
Not to miss the plane/That I should not miss the plane
In order not to see you/That I should not see you
For fun/That we could have fun

Examples:
Why  do you sign a contract for? To do business with him That I can do business with him
What do you buy some flowers for her for? To please her That I can please her
What do you exercise every morning for? To keep my body fit That I can keep my body fit
What do you drink water for? Not to be thirsty That I shouldn’t be thirsty
What do you close the door for? No t to feel cold That I shouldn’t feel cold
What do you turn on the air-conditioner? Not to feel hot That I shouldn’t feel hot
What do you take medicine for? Not to be sick That I shouldn’t be sick

How to answer “WHAT … FOR”:
a. Use a preposition + an NF (Adverb Phase):
+ To/In order to/For
I go to school to learn English
I go to school in order to learn English
I pay you for working/tra tien vi lam viec.
I close my door not to meet him
b. Use a conjunction + a clause (Adverb Clause):
+ That/So That/In order that + Can/could/May/Might
I go to school that I can learn English
I go to school so that I can learn English
I go to school in order that I might learn English
+ That/So That/In order That + Should Not (de khoi)
I go to school that my parents should not be sad
I go to school so that my parents should not be sad.
I go to school in order that my parents should not be sad.

Long Sentence (LS1) = VF + How/Where/ When + Why/What For
We go to school to learn English
They study English in the evening in order to go overseas.
She keeps quiet in class so that she could listen to the teacher.