Infinitive

Infinitive with and without To.

By: José Gustavo Espinoza.

English Grammar II.

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Infinitive.

• What is an Infinitive Form?

• How the infinitive works in every sentence?

• What is a Bare Infinitive?

• How we can identify an infinitive without to?

• What is the difference between infinitive phrase and infinitive form?

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What is an infinitive verb?

• An infinitive is the form of the verb that followed to.

• To + verb.

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How the infinitive works in every sentence?

• We can use the infinitive phrase (to + infinitive).

• As a noun.

• Predicative.

• Direct Object.

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Infinitive with to occur in four grammatical situation:

• a) After certain verbs. An infinitive is = to + the base form of the verb

Examples: to go, to have, to work, etc.You have to go.

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b) To show purpose.

• To answer. why?• He bought some flower to give to his wife.

• She wants to buy a car.

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c) After Object.

• After some verb we use the object, followed by infinitive.

• She asked me to give her some advice.

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d) After certain adjectives.

• It was impossible to go back.

• It is difficult to understand him

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What is a Bare Infinitive?

• There are four types of verb structure in English:

• 1) Finite verb (subject plus verb).• 2) infinitive verb with to.• 3) infinitive verb without to. • 4) VERB (ing) as a present participle.

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• Infinitives used without the marker to are called bare infinitive.

Uses of the bare infinitives:After Modals.After Auxiliary verb.After certain verb that can be followed by the

bare infinitive. (made and let.

How we can Identify an infinitive without to?

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What is the difference between infinitive phrase and infinitive form?

• An infinitive phrase is a group of words that includes an infinitive and any other words to complete its meaning.

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• The infinitive form of a verb is usually preceded by "to" ( to run, to dance, to think). An infinitive phrase is this form of the verb plus any complements.

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• To fly a plane was her goal.

• To fly is the infinitive (to + verb)

• To fly a plane is the infinitive phrase.

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Verb Lists: Infinitives.agree decide have remember

aim need hurry offer

appear happen leave propose

ask expect mean say

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Verbs followed by a Gerund.enjoy deny love

miss complete admit

practice like Can’t help

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Verbs followed by a Gerund or Infinitive.

begin like try

dislike love hate

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