What To Do Now? Learn About Infinitive Phrases
Many people have long lists of things to do. Here are a few things from my "to do" list: to learn soul line dance, to beat someone at Bananagrams, to travel to Hawaii, to throw pottery, to write a novel.
This exercise will help you recognize infinitive phrases, and determine if they've been used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. Remember, infinitive phrases start with the preposition "to," followed by a verb or verb phrase. If you have a noun before an infinitive phrase, the phrase is acting as an adjective. If the infinitive phrase follows a verb, it is acting as an adverb. If the infinitive is the subject, direct object, object of the preposition, or subject compliment, (or you can replace it with the pronoun "that"), it is acting as a noun.
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