1. INFINITIVES By Mr. LO Chung-kwong All rights reserved.2002

2. Infinitive Base form of a verb tense – simple present. e.g. go, went. Gone. Comes after the main verb E.g. He went to buy a car. Main verb infinitive

3. Most infinitives comes after “to” e.g. I went to open the door. He ordered me to sit down. She asked him to post the letter.

4. Always in simple present. e.g. He is going out to buy a car. He has gone out to buy a car. He will go out to buy a car. He was going out to buy a car. No matter how we change the verb tense of the main verb, the infinitive is always in simple present

5. Use of infinitives To give more information about the purpose of an action I went to open the door. He ordered me to sit down. She asked him to post the letter.

6. Exercises I like to ( ) [ drink / drank ] coffee in the morning I liked to ( ) [ drink / drank ] coffee in the morning. drink

7. 1.I went to ( ) football yesterday. 2.He will ask her to ( ) the work. 3.We have decided to ( ) a bridge. 4.They were trying to ( ) the heavy box. play will play played do did has done were building build has built move moved will move

8. Bare infinitives Infinitives without “TO” When the main verbs are : LET, MAKE and HEAR, we don’t use “to” with an infinitive.

9. Don’t let him play on the road. He made me cry. I heard them sing. Is there a “ TO” ?

10. Exercises 1.I go _____________ every day. ( swim ) 2.He wanted __________ a story. ( tell ) 3.Mary made him ____ very hard. ( work ) 4.Ann let me ___________ her car. ( drive ) 5.I like _________ football now. ( play )

11. Exercises 1.I go to swim every day. 2.He wanted to tell us a story. 3.Mary made him work very hard. 4.Ann let me drive her car. 5.I like to play football now.