Some and any

Both some and any can be used to talk about degree or quantity. Some is used in affirmative clauses; any is used in negative and interrogative clauses.

Join the following pairs of sentences by using infinitives.

How to begin the story?

A story has a beginning, middle and an ending. Being a work of fiction, a story is based on an author’s imagination. It is the author who conceives the plot and characters and then put them in a realistic setting where they interact with each other.

Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the list given below. The kind of adverb that can be used is indicated in the brackets. Note that the same adverb can be used more than once.

Absolutely, quite, today, where too, now, patiently, often, therefore, freely, seldom, pleasantly, yesterday, why, quietly, enough

Join together each of the following pairs of sentences by means of a relative pronoun.

Infinitives used without the marker to are called bare infinitives.

Uses of the bare infinitives

Infinitives are used without to after the auxiliary verbs will, shall, would, should, can, could, may, might, do, did, must, need and dare.