Grade 8 - exam revision - Infinitive

Infinitive

Objectives

To understand and use infinitve

properly.

Open Ended

Read the text and answer the following questions.

Once upon a time , Mr. Infinitive , a funny character in Gram town,

wished to be the richest person in all over the world,

“I am going to be the happiest man in my town” He murmured joyfully . “

But how to achieve that?” he thought . He shared his hope with his close fellow,

Mr. Gerund . Thinking deeply , Gerund screamed “I found it !! “ . Infinitive

started to dance joyfully even before he knew what the exciting idea that made

his fellow to scream was . Singing excitedly, Gerund and his fellow enjoyed

dreaming of being rich for five minutes..

Who is the main character in the story ?.

Open Ended

Once upon a time , Mr. Infinitive , a funny character in Gram town,

wished to be the richest person in all over the world,

“I am going to be the happiest man in my town” He murmured joyfully . “

But how to achieve that?” he thought . He shared his hope with his close fellow,

Mr. Gerund . Thinking deeply , Gerund screamed “I found it !! “ . Infinitive

started to dance joyfully even before he knew what the exciting idea that made

his fellow to scream was . Singing excitedly, Gerund and his fellow enjoyed

dreaming of being rich for five minutes.

What was the wish of Mr. Infinitive?

Open Ended

Once upon a time , Mr. Infinitive , a funny character in Gram town,

wished to be the richest person in all over the world,

“I am going to be the happiest man in my town” He murmured joyfully . “

But how to achieve that?” he thought . He shared his hope with his close fellow,

Mr. Gerund . Thinking deeply , Gerund screamed “I found it !! “ . Infinitive

started to dance joyfully even before he knew what the exciting idea that made

his fellow to scream was . Singing excitedly, Gerund and his fellow enjoyed

dreaming of being rich for five minutes.

What did Mr. Infinitive do when Gerund screamed " I found it" ?

Open Ended

Once upon a time , Mr. Infinitive , a funny character in Gram town,

wished to be the richest person in all over the world,

“I am going to be the happiest man in my town” He murmured joyfully . “

But how to achieve that?” he thought . He shared his hope with his close fellow,

Mr. Gerund . Thinking deeply , Gerund screamed “I found it !! “ . Infinitive

started to dance joyfully even before he knew what the exciting idea that made

his fellow to scream was . Singing excitedly, Gerund and his fellow enjoyed

dreaming of being rich for five minutes.

What did the two characters enjoyed doing while singing ?

Multiple Choice

They stopped singing suddenly when Mr .Gerund asked Mr. infinitive if

he agreed to follow him without asking any question .” I enjoy following you

my dear company but allow me to ask you just one question. “Never !!“

frowned Gerund when he started walking and ordered Mr. Infinitive to follow

him silently .

Mr. Infinitve agreed ...........................Mr. Gerund without any question.

• following

• to follow

Multiple Choice

When they were heading outside their town , Gerund enjoyed singing

while Infinitive pretended to think to show that he was serious . They walked and

avoided talking to people who were astonished to see the two friends in

different moods. Singing and pretending to think , they did not notice that they

were followed by all people of the town . When they arrived a forest, they were

surprised to see that their people followed them . “ Thieves , thieves !!“ a boy

coming from the town cried . ………………………….. I hope to know the end of the

story .

----------------enjoyed singing .

• Mr. Gerund

• Mr. Infinitive

Multiple Choice

When they were heading outside their town , Gerund enjoyed singing

while Infinitive pretended to think to show that he was serious . They walked and

avoided talking to people who were astonished to see the two friends in

different moods. Singing and pretending to think , they did not notice that they

were followed by all people of the town . When they arrived a forest, they were

surprised to see that their people followed them . “ Thieves , thieves !!“ a boy

coming from the town cried . ………………………….. I hope to know the end of the

story .

------------pretended to think to show that he was serious.

• Mr. Gerund

• Mr. Infinitive

Open Ended

When they were heading outside their town , Gerund enjoyed singing

while Infinitive pretended to think to show that he was serious . They walked and

avoided talking to people who were astonished to see the two friends in

different moods. Singing and pretending to think , they did not notice that they

were followed by all people of the town . When they arrived a forest, they were

surprised to see that their people followed them . “ Thieves , thieves !!“ a boy

coming from the town cried . ………………………….. I hope to know the end of the

story .

Why were the people astonished ?