Infinitives
Objectives of today’s lesson:
In this lesson, Learn English with Julia presents to you “Infinitives”, in order for you to:
- understand what an infinitive is
- practise through infinitive examples
- differentiate infinitive and gerund
- complete infinitives exercises
Video Script:
hi let’s look at infinitives
infinitives are also known as the basic
form of a verb
to play, to learn, to run
are all infinitives but we can also find
a bare form called bare infinitive
where we simply remove the “to” so that there is
only one component left
play, learn, run: are also infinitives or bare infinitives
now these are not infinitives
because they have inflections
here this S here binds this verb to the 3rd person
singular of the simple present
it’s not an infinitive or a bare infinitive
it is part of the verb tense
this is the simple present or present simple
this is not an infinitive
it has an inflection -ED at the end
that indicates that we are dealing with either the past participle or a simple past
here the infinitive would be: “run” or “to run”
So once again this is not an infinitive.
A few hints for you here, useful in the classroom.
Now when a student learns a
verb, encourage him/her to learn it in the infinitive form
either full infinitive or bare infinitive
When they learn irregular verbs also encourage them to
start with the infinitive
for instance: to buy, bought, bought,
And finally you will notice that sometimes we use infinitives as nouns in a sentence.
For example: he likes to learn
There it’s no longer used as a verb, it’s used as a noun.
Grammar Quiz:
Keywords listed in English:
- infinitive
- infinitive with “to”
- bare infinitive or infinitive without “to”
- basic form
- bare form
