{"id":1937,"date":"2017-02-28T08:57:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T08:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2023-05-17T07:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:37:30","slug":"underline-the-infinitive-class-8-grammar-worksheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/underline-the-infinitive-class-8-grammar-worksheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Underline the infinitive | Class 8 grammar worksheets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are infinitives?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Infinitives are expressions like <em>to work, to write, to go, to come and to sing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the \u2018to\u2019 that precedes the infinitive is not really a part of the infinitive. In fact, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/infinitives-without-to.htm\">the infinitive can be used without \u2018to\u2019<\/a>. For example, the infinitive is always used without \u2018to\u2019 after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/modal-auxiliaries.htm\">modal auxiliary verbs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He <strong>can swim<\/strong>. (NOT He can to swim.) Here \u2018swim\u2019 is an infinitive.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Infinitives are usually used with \u2018to\u2019 in other cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following sentences underline the infinitives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. It is time to go to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. He came to the city to look for work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. She is anxious to hear from her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. You have the right to remain silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. The doctor advised him to quit smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. To watch him eating really gets on my nerves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. There is a lot of work to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. I would really like to understand philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. He asked her if she would like to dance with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Slowly he began to get up off the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. It is time <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to go<\/span> to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. He came to the city <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to look<\/span> for work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. She is anxious <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to hear<\/span> from her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. You have the right <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to remain<\/span> silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. The doctor advised him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to quit<\/span> smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">To watch<\/span> him eating really gets on my nerves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. There is a lot of work <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to do<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. I would really like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to understand<\/span> philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. He asked her if she would like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to dance<\/span> with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Slowly he began <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to get<\/span> up off the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finite and Non-finite Verbs Worksheets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/finite-and-non-finite-verbs-worksheets-for-classes-7-and-8\/\">Finite and non-finite verbs worksheet for classes 7 and 8<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/underline-the-infinitive-class-8-grammar-worksheets\/\">Underline the infinitives worksheet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/finite-and-non-finite-verbs-class-8-grammar\/\">Finite and non-finite verbs worksheet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/identify-the-finite-and-non-finite-verb-class-8-grammar-worksheet\/\">Identify the finite and non-finite verbs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/finite-and-non-finite-verbs-class-8-and-9-grammar-worksheets-cbse\/\">Finite and non-finite verbs worksheet for classes 8 and 9<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/gerunds-worksheet-for-classes-8-and-9-cbse\/\">Gerunds worksheet for classes 8 and 9<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/rewrite-using-gerunds-worksheets-for-cbse-class-8\/\">Rewrite using gerunds<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/infinitives-with-and-without-to-worksheet-for-class-8\/\">Infinitives with and without to worksheet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/non-finite-verbs-exercise-for-class-8\/\">Non-finite verbs exercise for class 8<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/non-finite-verbs-worksheet-for-class-8-cbse\/\">Non-finite verbs worksheet for class 8<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are infinitives? 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