Infinitive

Infinitive

A new name for something you already know.

What's a verb?

A verb is just a word that shows action.

Open Ended

Give examples of verbs (in English).

be

learn

eat

drink

Infinitive is a verb with "to" in front

To be

To learn

To eat

To drink

These are all infinitive verbs.

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• a person, place or thing

• a white sauce

• a word that shows action

• a word that describes

Multiple Choice

Which one is an infinitive verb?

• to eat

• eat

• eats

• eating

Spanish has infinitive verbs too.

• ser

• aprender

• comer

• beber

• escribir

• estudiar

What letter do all these Spanish infinitive verbs end with?

• ser

• aprender

• comer

• beber

• escribir

• estudiar

Did you notice that the last two letters can only be -ar, -er, and -ir?

Estudiar, comer, escribir

Multiple Choice

Which one is an infinitive verb?

• como

• comes

• comer

• come

Poll

Do we normally use infinitive verbs?

• Sí

• No

Sure we do!

• I want to eat fish tacos.

• I need to study for the exam.

• I want to learn Chinese.

Multiple Choice

Is this sentence correct?

I want I eat fish tacos.

• Yep, sounds good.

• No, that is not right.

I want to eat fish tacos.

That sounds right! Next let's try it in Spanish.

Multiple Choice

I want to eat fish tacos.

• Quiero comer tacos de pescado.

• Quiero como tacos de pescado.

Sometimes it makes sense to use an infinitive verb, sometimes it doesn't.

Let's practice in Spanish!

Multiple Choice

Yo quiero _______ tacos de pescado.

• como

• comer

• comes

• come

Multiple Choice

Yo _______ español.

• aprender

• aprendo

• aprendes

Multiple Choice

Yo no _______ cerveza.

• beber

• bebo

• bebes

• bebe

Fill in the Blank

You don't eat meat? ¿Tú no ______ carne?

Now you know a new term for something you already knew-- Infinitives!