Question

We were ready__________ into the swimming pool. infinitive form

Answer 1

Given: We were ready ____ into the swimming pool.

What to do? We're asked to fill in the blank with suitable infinitive form of verb.

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Answer:

• The verb "jump" suits the blank.
• The infinitive form is "to + jump".
• Hence, the correct answer is, We were ready to jump into the swimming pool.

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Verbs are classified into two types as finite verbs and non-finite verbs.

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‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Verbs which has the ability to be the subject of the sentence and shows the number, tense and person in a sentence are finite verbs.

Example:

1. They play football (Plural subject - plural verb)
2. He plays football (Singular subject - singular verb)

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‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Verbs which do not acts like a verb and do not get changed though the tense, person or number changes in the sentence are non-finite verbs.

Example:

1. He likes to play football.
2. 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.

• Infinitives
• Gerunds
• Participles

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★ 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, I struggle to understand.

★ GERUND - These are verbs with a suffix "ing", and functions as a noun in a sentence are gerunds.

For example, The sleeping is white.

★ PARTICIPLE - This type of verb also has "ing" as a suffix and can be used as an adjective in a sentence.

For example, The smell of baking cookies made us mad.

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Answer 2

Answer:

We were ready to get into the swimming pool.