Posts Tagged ‘infinitive’

Grammar Terms Beginning with Letter I – Part II

April 27th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Indicative
The label indicative refers to the mood category associated with an ordinary statement.

The cat is chasing the mouse.
She is working in the garden.
Oil is not soluble in water.
I will be back shortly.

Infinitives Exercise

February 21st, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Join together the following sentences by using infinitives.

Verb Patterns Using the Infinitive Part II

January 10th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Subject + verb + to-infinitive

The infinitive phrase is sometimes used as equivalent to a clause. Study carefully the following examples.

Verb Patterns Using the Infinitive

January 10th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Infinitives are forms like write, work, build and break. They are often used with the marker to. The infinitives are used in the following structures.

After be

Synthesis of Sentences

January 7th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

Read the sentences given below:

He heard a shout. He ran away.
Hearing a shout, he ran away.

More on Finite and Non-finite verbs

December 17th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

Read the sentences given below:

I heard him singing.
Driven by rain, we took shelter under a tree.
It being a small cot, he couldn’t sleep on it.