INFINITIVE
1. I want (verb) to go home.
2. It’s not easy (adjective) to learn.
3. We need some time (noun) to sort out.
4. To err (subject) is human, to forgive divine.
5. He likes (transitive verb) to sing. (Object)
6. His greatest pleasure is (verb) to gamble (complement).
1. To err (subject) is human.
2. I love to dance.(object)
3. To respect (subject) women (object) is our moral duty.
4. I decided to teach (verb noun) English.
5. I decided to leave (verb noun) the job immediately.
1. I come here to study. (Active voice)
2. She wanted to be flattered. (Passive voice)
3. He admitted to have misused his rights. (Perfect Infinitive)
4. He seemed to have been cheated. (Perfect Passive voice)
5. The pretended to be running out of time. (Continuous Infinitive)
6. He admitted to have been maltreating his wife since their marriage. (Perfect
Continuous)
INFINITIVE MANNER
How to + V1
WH to + V1
Ask, explain, discover, know, learn, teach, and wonder
1. I wondered what to do.
2. I know how to swim.
3. He taught me how to speak Japanese.
4. I forgot what to write in the application.
NOUN + INFINITIVE + PREPOSITION
1. I have no bed to sleep in.
2. She needed a chair to sit on.
DIRECT OR BARE INFINITIVE
Had sooner, Had better, Had rather, Would rather, Sooner than and Rather
than
1. You had better leave now.
2. I would rather die than beg.
3. They had sooner talk than part ways.
ACTIVE VOICE BARE INFINITIVE
Bid, Make, Help, Feel, See, Watch, Hear
1. I bade him go out.
2. My mother made me do the home work.
3. I watched him go.
PASSIVE VOICE TO + V1
I was made to wash all the clothes.
I was bidden to leave the room at once.
Bid(V1) Bade(V2) Bidden(V3)
ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE + (LET) + DIRECT INFINITIVE
1. I will not let him go.
2. Bad habits must be let go.
WHY NOT
1. Why not stop now?
HAVE + OBJECT + DIRECT INFINITIVE
1. I will have him speak the truth.
PERFECT INFINITIVES
He admitted to have violated anti-corruption law.
SPLIT INFINITIVE – ADVERB, CONJUNCTION
1. To boldly go where no man has gone before.
2. The population is expected to more than double in the next ten years.
GO ON + GERUND
1. He went on talking.
GO ON + TO + V1
1. He stopped talking about the problems and went on to describe the
possible solutions.
REGRET + VING
1. He regrets leaving his job.
REGRET + TO + V1
1. We regret to inform you that the flight has been cancelled due to bad
weather
Advise, allow, permit and forbid
1. We prohibit smoking here.
1. We prohibit people to smoke here.
2. I wouldn’t advise taking the car to Chandni Chowk.
2. I wouldn’t advise anyone to take the car to Chandni Chowk.
See, watch, hear
1. I saw the old man crossing the road.
2. I saw the old man cross the road and disappear in the movie.
TRY
1. I tried writing an essay but in vain.
2. I tried to hold the rope but my hands were too cold.
3. I tried changing the wheel but the nuts were too tight.
MEAN
1. If you want to get good marks, it will mean working very hard.
2. I mean to say that it is not as difficult as it seems to be.
LEARN
1. She goes to learn dancing.
2. I taught typing when I was in Jaipur.
3. I learnt to speak Japanese when I was in Japan.
SORRY
Sorry for/about + Ving
1. I am sorry for keeping your application pending for such a long time.
Sorry + Perfect Infinitive
1. I’m sorry to have kept your waiting.
BEGIN AND START
1. I began to play chess.
2. He started looking for a new job.
3. I’m starting to learn it now.
Understand, realise, and know
1. He began to realise his mistakes but it was too late.
2. He started to know the consequences of his actions after his initial failures.
LIKE, LIVE, HATE, PREFER
1. I love to take hot shower bath after a daylong work.
2. Children enjoy watching television.
WOULD + LIKE / PREFER / LOVE / HATE
1. I would like to meet the manager.
2. I would love to do it if you permit me.
STOP
Stop Ving
1. I stopped playing cricket.
Stop to + V1
1. I stopped to play cricket.
