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Teacher’s Identification Md. Jahangir Alam Assist: Teacher (Englsih) Begum Nurjahan Memorial Girls’ High School Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207 Mobile: 01680938484 Class: Nine E-mail: [email protected] What is the missing word in the following sentence? Jeba is reading carefully( )pass in the examination. to The rickshaw puller is pulling the rickshaw to earn money. What is it? It is infinitive (to). Our Today’sTopic Infinitives Learning outcomes After completing this lesson, we will be able to- identify infinitive. identify the kinds of infinitives. apply infinitives. Let’s watch a video Pair work 1. Write the definition of infinitive. 2. Explain the structures of infinitives. What is the definition of infinitive? An infinitive consists of the words ‘to+verb”. It names an action and is used mostly as a complement of a verb. Example: Setku loves to sing. to+verb=infinitive. Infinitives are divided of two kinds. a) Simple or Noun Infinitive. To walk is good for health. b) Gerundial or Qwalifying infinitive We eat to live. Where is gerundial Infinitive used ? Modify an adjective: Rana is too weak to walk. I am glad to receive your letter. Simple or noun Infinitive is used as: Subject of verb: To err is human. Object of a verb: He likes to swim. Object of a Preposition: He is about to die. Complement to verb: He seems to be an honest man. Modify a verb: Boltu goes to school to learn. Please give a pen to write. Modify a noun: This is a house to let. It is a chair to sit on. Modify an adverb He walked fast to avail the bus. Montu went to the field to see the game. Quality a sentence: To speak the truth, he is an honest man. To be brief, I am ruined. After certain verbs (let, make, need, hear,watch,see,dare) the infinitive is ommitted. I saw her go home. Let him come. Where infinitive is ommitted. I heard her cry. He made me read the book. But in the passive voice of these verbs (except let) infinitive ‘to’ is used. Shahida was seen to go. Where is bare infinitive used? He can not but laugh. Had better,had rather,would rather and can not but are bare infinitive. What is perfect infinitive? I wished to have gone there. Perfect infinitive is formed by using “to have” before a principal verb: I request you to kindly help me. I request you to help me kindly. I requst you to quickly run. I request you to run quickly. Split infinitive: Sometimes adverb or adverb phrase is used in between infinitive and the verb in the sentence, in that case it is a split infinitive. Individual work The Headmaster advised me to study regularly. This is an easy chair to sit on. This is the house to sell. He walked fast to avail the bus. You had better to than stay here. He seems to be better today. Verble infinitive Modify an adjective Modifty a noun Modifty an adverb Bare infinitive Complement to verb Group work Write an individual sentence using all kinds of infinitives with 15 minutes. Evaluation 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) What is the definition of infinitive? How many kinds of infinitive are there in English ? What is bare infinitive? Where is gerundial infinitive used? Write an example of split infinitive. Home Task Home Fill in the gaps using infinitives where neccessary from your text book at page-21. Allah Hafiz