Infinitive Constructs

The Infinitive has (several variants are possible)..........

• The category of time correlation

• The category of aspect

• The category of voice

• The category of tense

Mark the following statement as true or false

The Infinitive has no tense category

• True

• False

The category of of time correlation is the opposition of

• Common and continuous infinitives

• Non-perfect and perfect forms

• Active and passive infinitives

The opposition of the common and continuous forms reveals......

• The category of time correlation

• The category of voice

• The category of aspect

Choose the right variant

He does nothing but.........

• complains

• to complain

• complain

• complained

• has complained

Open the brakets

You had better ( stay) here

Mark the following statement as true or false

The nominal character of the infinitive is expressed in its combinability

• True

• False

Choose the function of the infinitive in the sentence

I promise to wait

• subject

• predicative

• object

• adverbial

• part of a predicative

Choose the function of the infinitive

Where to go was a mistery

• complex subject

• subject

• phrasal subject

What construction is used to express the infinitive?

We know her to be kind

• the for-to-infinitive construction

• the objective infinitive construction

• the subjective infinitive construction