I want to make a nice cake ( pick out the infintive)
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I want to buy a cake – How to Use Infinitives
Jacqueline Jacqueline
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by Olga Koliichuk
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1. The Infinitive is the basic form of a verb.
For instance: to be, to see, to go.
The Infinitive is an indispensable part of English. It is a non-personal form of the verb. It means that you won’t be able to figure out the person it refers to.
For instance if I say: I want to buy a cake. You can’t see from the infinitive “To buy” that I am going to bake this cake.
The same with: He wants to buy a cake. If you just look at “to buy” you won’t know that he is buying this cake.
The infinitive is used in several tenses. (these are more advanced, generally).
Underneath are some examples of this:
ü Simple – to go – I want to go to the theatre. (infinitive: go)
ü Continuous – to be going – He may be going to the theatre. (infinitive: be)
ü Perfect – have gone – He must have gone to the theatre. (infinitive: have)
2. The infinitive is also used in the passive tense. All the examples above are active, so now let us show you some passive ones:
ü Simple passive – to be gone – I found him to be gone away. (infinitive: be)
ü Perfect passive – to have been gone – I expected to have been rescued. (infinitive: have)
Here are some verbs which are habitually followed by infinitives: (habitually means always!)
(Just read these. It’s not going to help you if you learn them by heart. Rather, if you read many examples you will develop a feeling for them.)
agree I agree to have a cup of coffee with you.
aim They aim to be in the next government.
appear He appeared to be a decent person.
ask I asked him to buy some bread.
attempt She attempted to save her cat’s life.
be able They aren’t able to persuade him to leave this affair alone.
beg I am begging you to stop buying me flowers.
begin We began to walk half an hour ago.
care Would you care to dance?
choose He chose to die rather than live a life filled with lies.
condescend *see Word to the Wise He wouldn’t condescend to misrepresent the facts.
consent She refused to consent to the marriage.
continue They didn’t continue to read the book because it was getting dark.
dare How dare you speak to me like that? (Please note: there is no “to”)
decide They decided to sell their sports car.
deserve He deserves to live in this beautiful house after all the troubles in his life.
expect Are you expecting him to say, “Will you marry me?”
fail They failed to find the restaurant, so they went to a pizzeria.
forget I never forget to switch off the light when I leave.
get How did you get to know them?
happen She happened to explore the area before me.
have We have to leave work until 9 p.m.
hesitate He is hesitating to buy a 30% share in the company.
hope I hope to find a good place to raise my child