Question

Pick out infinitive from the sentence :fritz, Ernest, Jack and Franz, were left to survive alone.

Answer 1

,●....were let alone to survive

●to survive...were left alone

●...were Left to survive alone.

●.. were alone Left to survive

Answer 2

The infinitive is 'to survive.'

Infinitive

• Infinitives refer to the simplest form of the verbs present in a sentence. They are mainly preceded by the preposition 'to.'

• In the given sentence, 'survive' is preceded by to' and is the simplest form of the verb. Thus, it is the infinitive.

• Since 'left' is in the past tense and is not preceded by 'to,' it is not an infinitive verb.

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