Infinitive 1

I arranged ____ the American businessmen for my country.

• meeting

• to meet

• to meeting

• to be meet

The Infinitive construction is...

• verb+ing

• to+verb second form

• to+verb base form

_{Which one is the infinitive phrase?}

Marissa refused to descend to the bottom of the cliff with the rest of the climbers.

• to descend
• to the bottom
• of the cliff
• of the climbers

_{Which one is the infinitive phrase?}

I sent an email to your parents about your grades. 

• to your parents
• about your grades
• there is no infinitive

When an infinitive is used without to, it is called

• Gerund

• Participle

• Present Participle

• Bare infinitive

Identify the function of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence:

To remove stains from clothes, I recommend washing them in hot, soapy water.

• adjective

• subject

• predicate nominative

• adverb

What is the bare infinitive in the following sentence:

He will write soon.

• Write

• Soon

• He will

Children were so excited to play the new fun game. [Here the infinitive is...]

• play

• to play

• excited

_{Which one is the infinitive phrase?}

The wild cat gave birth to her kittens in our tool shed.

• to her kittens
• in our tool shed
• there is no infinitive

They would … go by plane than spend a week traveling by train.

• like

• rather

• prefer

• better