To Infinitive

some Verbs followed by TO INFINITIVE are.....

• Agree, Plan, learn, Dislike, Manage, Imagine...

• Refuse, Manage, Would love, Miss, Remember

• Want, Hope, Learn, Promise, Try, Agee

They never agree _________for photos for the paparazzi.(pose)

• pose

• posing

• to pose

• to posing

I manage _________ my private life separate from my public life. (keep)

• keep

• keeping

• to keep

• to keeping

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.

Vivienne didn't manage to keep her contact with Max Factor. (fail)

Vivienne ___________ her contact with Max Factor.

• failed keep

• failed keeping

• failed to keep

• fail to keep=

When do we use infinitives in English grammar?

• To describe an action in the present

• To describe a future action

• To describe an action in the past

an infinitive is

• an -ing form of verbs

• a base form of verbs

It is great ____the news.

• hear

• hearing

• to hear

• heard

He is sorry _____ so little time for his family.

• have

• having

• has

• to have

Add an infinitive phrase to the following sentence:

April bought eighty lottery tickets __________________.

• with the hopes of winning.

• at the local convenience store.

• and gave them to her grandmother.

• to increase her chances of winning.

The room needs cleaning by Ms. Brown this afternoon. (necessary)