Name: __________________________ Date: ________________________ Infinitive Practice An infinitive is a type of verbal. • It is always to + a verb. • Because it is a verbal, it does not function as a verb within a sentence; instead, it functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. An infinitive is not a prepositional phrase. To + Noun or Pronoun = Prepositional Phrase To + Verb = Infinitive Phrase Infinitive Phrase = to + verb + all of its accompaniments Like a verb, an infinitive Can be modified by an adverb or a prepositional phrase Can have a direct object May have an indirect object Uses of the Infinitive • Noun: Alyss wants to stay with her mother. • Noun: To get revenge is Redd’s motivation. • Adverb: Hatter dashes through the looking glass to save Alyss from Redd. • Adjective: Wonderland values the ability to imagine. Break It Down To get revenge is Redd’s motivation. Mark It Up To get revenge is Redd’s motivation. 86
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Infinitive Practiceimages.pcmac.org/.../12._Infinitive_Phrase_Practice.pdfInfinitive Practice An infinitive is a type of verbal. • It is always to + a verb. • Because it is a verbal,
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Break It Down: Identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence. Use the following abbreviations:
PN V INFINITIVE N C N C N C N
One has to study law and government and ethics and morality.
Mark It Up: Underline the infinitive phrase. Put [brackets] around the infinitive. Using the above abbreviations, identify its function within the sentence.
N
One has [to study] law and government and ethics and morality.
Imitation of the previous sentence: Answers will vary.
Sentence 2
Break It Down: Identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence. Use the previous abbreviations:
ADJ N V V ADV V PREP ADJ ADJ N C PN V INFINITIVE PN
The maze must be successfully navigated by the would-be queen if she is to reach her imagination’s full potential and thus be fit to rule.
N ADJ N C ADV V ADJ INFINITIVE
Mark It Up: Underline the infinitive phrase. Put [brackets] around the infinitive. Using the above abbreviations, identify its function within the sentence.
ADJ
The maze must be successfully navigated by the would-be queen if she is [to reach] her imagination’s full potential and thus be fit [to rule].
ADJ
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Sentence 3
Break It Down: Identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence. Use the previous abbreviations:
PN V ADV ADJ ADJ N C ADJ N V ADV PREP ADJ N
“It is indeed a special day when a caterpillar comes all the way from the Valley of Mushrooms
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to partake in the celebration,” Bibwit Harte murmured.
INFINITIVE PREP ADJ N N V
Mark It Up: Underline the infinitive phrase. Put [brackets] around the infinitive. Using the above abbreviations, identify its function within the sentence.
“It is indeed a special day when a caterpillar comes all the way from the Valley of Mushrooms [to partake] in the celebration,” Bibwit Harte murmured.
ADV
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Sentence 4
Break It Down: Identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence. Use the previous abbreviations:
N V N ADJ PREP ADJ ADJ N C V INFINIFIVE ADJ ADJ N
Alyss noticed Bibwit standing at the library doors and decided to have a little fun.
Mark It Up: Underline the infinitive phrase. Put [brackets] around the infinitive. Using the above abbreviations, identify its function within the sentence.
Alyss noticed Bibwit standing at the library doors and decided [to have] a little fun.
N
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Sentence 5
Break It Down: Identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence. Use the previous abbreviations:
PN V ADV ADV ADJ PREP ADJ ADJ N INFINITIVE ADJ PREP ADJ ADJ N PREP
“It’s never too soon for a future queen to become familiar with the uglier contingencies of ruling a land,” he said to himself.
N ADJ N PN V PREP PN
Mark It Up: Underline the infinitive phrase. Put [brackets] around the infinitive. Using the above abbreviations, identify its function within the sentence.
ADJ
“It’s never too soon for a future queen [to become] familiar with the uglier contingencies of ruling a land,” he said to himself.
Imitation of the previous sentence: Answers will vary.
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Sentence 6
Break It Down: Identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence. Use the previous abbreviations:
INFINITIVE PN N N V INFINITIVE PN N C INFINITIVE N PREP N
To get her revenge, Redd plans to kill her sister and to seize control of Wonderland.
Mark It Up: Underline the infinitive phrase. Put [brackets] around the infinitive. Using the above abbreviations, identify its function within the sentence.
[To get] her revenge, Redd plans [to kill] her sister and [to seize] control of Wonderland.
Imitation of the previous sentence: Answers will vary.