Infinitives
Questions covering infinitive forms, usage, and functions including simple infinitives, perfect infinitives, continuous infinitives, and infinitives used for purpose and joining sentences
Questions
Select the correct option to fill in the blank with an infinitive in the following sentence.
She wants ____________ a piano.
- to buy
- buy
- will buy
- buying
Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.
The water is too dirty ___________.
- to drink
- to be drunk
- not to be drunk
- both (1) and (2)
Directions: Choose the best expression among the following options.
- His father is mature enough to understand the situation.
- His father is enough mature to understand the situation.
- His father enough is mature to understand the situation.
- His father is mature to understand the situation enough.
Select the option to tick the correct meaning of the following sentence with regard to the infinitive used in it.
The boy ought to have left the place.
- It expresses that the action did happen.
- It expresses that the action did not actually happen.
- It expresses that the action will actually happen.
- None of these
Select the correct option after using the Present Infinitive in the following sentence.
She seems to have been sad.
- She seems to be sad.
- She seems to have been feeling sad.
- She seems to be saddening.
- None of these
Which of the following is the Perfect Continuous Infinitive?
- To write
- To be writing
- To have written
- To have been writing
Join the following pair of sentences using an infinitive.
You are selfish. You do not help anybody.
- You are selfish beyond a proper limit.
- You are selfish to help anybody.
- You are so selfish that you can help anybody.
- None of these
What does the infinitive in the following sentence show?
He has no money to buy a coat.
- It shows purpose.
- It shows cause.
- It shows manner.
- It shows condition