Perfect Infinitives
Perfect infinitives are forms like have sent, have received, have worked and have ordered. They are mainly used after modal auxiliary verbs like would, should and could. You should have informed me earlier. You...
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Perfect Infinitive, Passive Infinitive, Progressive Infinitive | Different Forms Of Infinitives
Besides simple infinitives like (to) write, there are also progressive, perfect and passive infinitives. Underline the infinitive in the following sentences and say whether it is a simple infinitive, progressive infinitive, perfect infinitive or passive infinitive. She...
Perfect Infinitive (Have + Past Participle)
Perfect infinitives (have + past participle) can be used after modal verbs could, might, ought, should, would and needn’t to refer to unreal situations. I could have married her if I wanted to. (I didn’t marry her.) That was dangerous –...
Infinitive
Infinitives are forms like (to) write and (to) read. Infinitives are generally used with the marker to. Note that this to is not a preposition; after the preposition to we use –ing forms. I...