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INFINITIVES

INFINITIVES. In English many verbs can exist in a sentence. My cousin lives in a town near here. MAIN VERB. Mary didn’t want to come to school because she feels sick. AUXILIARY. MAIN VERB. Does your sister know that you have found her money?. AUXILIARY. AUXILIARY. MAIN VERB. MAIN VERB.

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INFINITIVES

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  1. INFINITIVES

  2. In English many verbs can exist in a sentence. • My cousin lives in a town near here. MAINVERB

  3. Mary didn’t want to come to school because she feels sick. AUXILIARY MAINVERB Does your sister know that you have found her money? AUXILIARY AUXILIARY MAINVERB MAINVERB

  4. We are listening to this beautiful music you lent to us last week. AUXILIARY MAINVERB • They need to see what you did with their investment. INFINITIVE MAINVERB

  5. Main verbs and auxiliary verbs are “conjugated”. That means a subject “does”, “is doing”, “did”, “will do”, etc something. • INFINITIVES ARE NOT “CONJUGATED” SO THEY HAVE NO TENSE. They do not add s/es, ing, or ednor do they come in the past form in case they are irregular. • TO EXPLAIN • These sentences are incorrect because they use the spelling of a conjugation in the infinitive: • Juan Pablo needs to explaining the class. TO STUDY They want to studied today. TO SWIM She loves to swims in the sea.

  6. The only exception, where a verb that comes after a “to” uses ing, is when using the expressions: BE USED/ACCUSTOMED TO GET USED/ACCUSTOMED TO. LOOK FORWARD TO. • My father gets used/accustomed to listening to my music after a while. • We are used/accustomed to staying in this hotel.

  7. Most of the times, an infinitive is preceded by a “TO”. Everyone wanted to go. • They can come after a verb that is conjugated. They want to see you now. She refuses to come to my house. MAINVERB (conjugated) INFINITIVE MAINVERB (conjugated) INFINITIVE

  8. They can come after the object of a sentence. The teacher needs Maria to come. MAINVERB (conjugated) INFINITIVE OBJECT • The base form of the verb can work as an infinitive when preceded by the verbs make, have, let and help. Help can be followed by an infinitive or the base form.

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