Infinitive Phrases

Find the infinitive: Coraline likes to go to school.

• likes to

• to go

• to school

• Coraline likes

Find the infinitive phrase: Coraline wanted to eat pancakes.

• wanted to eat

• eat pancakes

• Coraline wanted to eat

• to eat pancakes

Find the infinitive phrase: Coraline ran to escape the other mother.

• to escape

• the other mother

• to escape the other mother

• ran to escape

Find the infinitive phrase: The other mother wanted to keep Coraline.

• wanted to

• to keep Coraline

• wanted to keep

• The other mother wanted

Find the infinitive phrase: John F. Kennedy decided to run for president.

• decided

• to run

• to run for president

• for president

Find the infinitive phrase: Coraline's father made pizza to feed Coraline and her mother.

• made pizza

• to feed Coraline

• and her mother

• to feed Coraline and her mother

Find the infinitive phrase: The other mother lied to keep Coraline from leaving.

• to keep Coraline

• to keep Coraline from leaving

• lied to keep

• the other mother

Find the infinitive phrase: To keep Coraline from leaving, the other mother lied.

• to keep Coraline

• to keep Coraline from leaving

• lied to keep

• the other mother

Find the infinitive phrase: I try to sleep at night.

• try to

• to sleep

• to sleep at night

• try to sleep

NEW TASK: Find the predicate. Coraline wanted to eat pancakes.

• wanted

• to eat

• eat

• pancakes