Question

What Are Infinitive Phrase

Answer 1

An infinitive phrase starts with an infinitive and includes other modifiers or objects. Like infinitives themselves, infinitive phrases can act in three different capacities:

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

Answer 2

An infinitive phrase is a group of words that uses an infinitive (to+verb). An infinitive is verbal word, that is a word which expresses action; therefore, an infinitive phrase has the same role of expressing action in the sentence.

Explanation:

• An infinitive phrase will start  with an infinitive [to+simple form of the verb]. It will comprise objects and/or modifiers
• Infinitive phrases can function as nouns/adjectives/adverbs, example, To finish her Maths homework without making mistakes was Amanda's  goal tonight.

1. When an infinitive phrase acts as a noun, it answers the question what. Therefore, the infinitive phrase will be the subject that acts as the verb/an object that receives the action of the verb, example, To get excellent grades is my goal. (what is your goal?)
2. When an infinitive phrase functions like an adjective in the sentence, it describes a pronoun/noun. Therefore it will describe a subject/an object, example, I want a coach to teach me basketball.(describes the coach)
3. When an infinitive phrase acts an adverb, it modifies the verb in the sentence. Adverbs answer questions such as where/when/why/how/for what reason/purpose; therefore, as an adverb, the infinitive will answer the same questions, example, Snehal sat down to take the test. (for what/reason )

• When an infinitive phrase introduces a main clause, separate the two sentence components with a comma, example, To avoid burning another bag of popcorn, Brenda kept peering through the  the microwave's glass door.
• When the infinitive phrase breaks the main clause's flow, we must use a comma both before as well as after the break/interrupter, example, Those blue-coloured ear-rings, to be really honest, do not complement the jumpsuit you are planning to wear to the birthday party.
• When the infinitive phrase ends a main clause, we do not use punctuation to join the 2 sentence parts, example, Jane and her friends went to the shopping mall to purchase gifts for their mother whose birthday was tomorrow.

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