Infinitives

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Infinitives
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What is an Infinitive?

• A verb form that can be used as a noun,
  adjective, or adverb.
• Most infinitives begin with TO.
• Infinitive toverb
• Examples
• To succeed is my goal.
• The place to meet tomorrow is the library.
• The math problem will be hard to solve without a
  caculator.

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• Write 3 sentences containing an infinitive.

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Infinitive Phrase

• Consists of an infinitive together with its
  modifiers and complements.
• Examples
• To be a good gymnast takes hard work.
• The first person to fly over both the North Pole
  and South Pole was Richard Byrd.