Question

The maid was not allowed to keep the clothes in the cupboard. ( Pick out the Infinitive from the sentence )

Answer 1

Answer:

The maid was not allowed to keep the clothes in the cupboard.

Answer 2

TOPIC:- VERBS (NON-FINITE)

Required answer:-

• Given sentence: The maid was not allowed to keep the clothes in the cupboard.
• The infinite in the given sentence is: [to keep].

More about the topic:-

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎Verbs which doesn't act like a verb and doesn't get changed, though the tense, person or number gets changed in a sentence are non-finite verbs. For example,

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(a) He likes to play football.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ (b) ‎They likes to play football.

(Here, the verb 'play 'doesn't have any subject, doesn't get changed because of number, person or tense)

Non-finite verbs are further divided into three types, namely–

• Infinitives
• Gerunds
• Participles

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$\bigstar$ Infinitive - Verbs that are in the form of to + base form of verb which functions as a noun, an adjective or an adverb in a sentence are infinitives. For example, She is struggling to collect the stamps.

$\bigstar$ Gerund - These are verbs with a suffix "ing", and functions as a noun in a sentence are gerunds. For example, Collecting stamps is her hobby.

• The gerund "collecting" is acting as the noun in this sentence.

$\bigstar$ Participle - This type of verb also has "ing" as a suffix (in case of present tense) which is used as an adjective in a sentence. For example, Boring movies were played by them.

• Here the noun is movies and the participle (present) "boring" is acting as an adjective.

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