{"id":73962,"date":"2020-04-13T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73962"},"modified":"2024-05-22T10:22:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:22:29","slug":"infinitives-without-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/infinitives-without-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinitives Without To"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We generally use the marker -to <\/strong>with infinitives.<\/strong> However, in some cases, the infinitive is used without the marker to. When the infinitive is used without to, it is called a bare infinitive. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fill in the blanks with a bare or to-infinitive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. You must ……………………. those walls painted. (get \/ to get)<\/li>
  2. She should …………………….. (resign \/ to resign)<\/li>
  3. I refuse ……………………. such demands. (entertain \/ to entertain)<\/li>
  4. You need not ………………………. to him. (apologize \/ to apologize)<\/li>
  5. If you don’t want, you don’t need …………………… (go \/ to go)<\/li>
  6. How dare you …………………….. to me like that? (talk \/ to talk)<\/li>
  7. Do you …………………… she is telling the truth? (think \/ to think)<\/li>
  8. They made him ………………………… (obey \/ to obey)<\/li>
  9. I will not …………………….. to them. (listen \/ to listen)<\/li>
  10. We watched the children ………………………. in the park. (play \/ to play)<\/li>
  11. You had better ………………………. now. (start \/ to start)<\/li>
  12. I would rather ……………………… (wait \/ to wait)<\/li>
  13. He was made ……………………… (confess \/ to confess)<\/li>
  14. Why not ……………………… your problems with your parents? (discuss \/ to discuss)<\/li>
  15. We may never ……………………… out. (find \/ to find)<\/li>
  16. I am happy ……………………. (help \/ to help)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. get (After modal auxiliary verbs, the infinitive is used without to.)<\/li>
    2. resign<\/li>
    3. to entertain<\/li>
    4. apologize (When need is used as a modal auxiliary verb, it is followed by an infinitive without to. When need is a modal auxiliary, we make questions and negatives without do.)<\/li>
    5. to go (When need is an ordinary verb, it is followed by an infinitive with to.)<\/li>
    6. talk (When dare is a modal auxiliary, it is followed by an infinitive without to.)<\/li>
    7. think (After do, does and did, the infinitive is used without to.)<\/li>
    8. obey (After make, the infinitive is used without to.)<\/li>
    9. listen<\/li>
    10. play (After verbs like see, hear, feel and watch, the infinitive is used without to.)<\/li>
    11. start<\/li>
    12. wait<\/li>
    13. to confess (The passive form of make is followed by an infinitive with to.)<\/li>
    14. discuss<\/li>
    15. find<\/li>
    16. to help<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      See also<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Infinitives without to<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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