What are Infinitives?
Now that you have learned about Gerunds, you should have a much easier time understanding what infinitives are.
An infinitive is to plus the base form of a verb. Like gerunds, they take the place of nouns and act exactly like nouns.
- to sleep
- to meet
- to go
- to open
Constructing Infinitives
Let's briefly look at how infinitives are usually constructed in sentences. They follow the pattern verb + infinitive, or verb + object + infinitive depending on the sentence.
| verb | infinitive | ||
| He | needs | to go | to work in the evening. |
| verb | object | infinitive | ||
| He | asked | one of the security members | to open | the classroom. |
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