Infinitives

Question 1

After which following verbs do you use infinitives?

Answer 1

• Time:hesitate, wait
• Likes or dislikes:care
• Plans or Desire: decide, hope, need, plan
• Efforts: attempt, help, learn, manage
• Communication: agree, offer, promise
• Possibility: appear, seem, tend

Question 2

How do you show the infinitive is negative?

Answer 2

-by using a not before the infinitive

Question 3

Which verbs are followed by an object + infinitive?

Answer 3

• advise, allow, convince, encourage
• get, persuade, prepare, teach
• tell, urge, and warm
• > He advised us to go…

Question 4

Which verbs can be followed by either an object + infinitive or an infinitive only?

Answer 4

-ask, choose, expect, need, help, promise, want and would like

Question 5

Which are the most common verbs + infinitives in academic writing?

Answer 5

-appear, begin, continue, fail, seem, tend, try, want

Question 6

After which verbs you can use either a gerund or an infinitive without any change in meaning?

Answer 6

-begin, can’t stand, continue, hate, like, love, prefer, and start

Question 7

Where is the meaning of tried different?

Answer 7

-in the past

Question 8

After which adjectives do you use an infinitive?

Answer 8

• afraid, amazed, difficult, easy
• embarrassed, fun, interesting, lucky
• necessary, ready, sad, shocked, sorry
• surprised, (un)likely, uspset

Question 9

After which following nouns do you use an infinitive?

Answer 9

-ability, chance, decision, time, way

Question 10

Common verbs followed by to+ infinitive?

Answer 10

• agree, ask, decide, help, plan, hope, learn, want, would like
• promise, can afford, manage, prepare, demand, choose, offer
• wait, would hate, would love, seem, expect, intend, pretend
• refuse, tend, would prefer, deserve, appear, arrange, claim