Infinitives Quiz
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We may ________ home after we finish picking up litter.
A. return
B. to return
C. returning
D. returns
Mrs Tan asked John if he could ___________ to the supermarket to buy groceries for her.
A. went
B. gone
C. goes
D. go
Alone at home, Jenna suddenly heard somebody ________________ outside the window.
A. speaks
B. spoke
C. spoken
D. speak
You had better ______ at home until you feel better
A. staying
B. stayed
C. to stay
D. stay
Father saw the glass ________________ to the ground.
A. fall
B. fell
C. falls
D. fallen
“Please ________________ to turn off the lights before leaving the house,” Mother told me.
A. remembers
B. remember
C. remembered
D. remembering
What seems …… the problem?
A. bee
B. be
C. to be
D. to bee
*Identify the infinitive in each sentence.
Mrs. Jackson wants to swim.
A. to swim
B. Mrs. Jackson wants
C. wants to
D. wants swim
Will your parents let you _________ in this project?
A. to participate
B. participate
C. participating
D. participated
What is the infinitive phrase in the following sentence?
In the mall, we want to walk quickly to the food court.
_
A. to walk
B. to the food court
C. In the mall
D. to walk quickly to the food court
His parents _____________ him work hard for the coming exam.
A. let
B. made
C. wanted
D. told
He is too clever ……. the exam
A. fail
B. to failed
C. failed
D. to fail
You may not _________ the candy without permission.
A. takes
B. took
C. take
D. taken
Why does Lisa __________ so much money in her wallet?
A. has
B. have
C. had
D. had had
The employees ___________ get another raise.
A. deserves to get
B. deserve to get
________________ the bed when you wake up every morning.
A. Make
B. Makes
C. Making
D. Made
My sister and I have agreed
A. to share the profits.
B. to sharing the profits
C. to shared the profits
Would you like _________ me some tea?
A. make
B. to make
C. making
D. make
*Identify the infinitive in each sentence.
The clowns for the party were beginning to arrive.
A. The clowns
B. to arrive
C. the party
D. were beginning
We knew Jess liked to ______ her shoes right after exercising.
A. cleaned
B. cleaning
C. clean
D. cleans
I promised ______ on time. I mustn’t _______ late.
A. be/be
B. to be/to be
C. to be/ be
D. be/to be
Society expects you __________ the law.
A. to obeying
B. to obeys
C. to obey
What is the infinitive in the following sentence?
When Misty learned to drive, she took her little brother to the park on weekends.
_
A. to the park
B. to drive
C. took her little brother
D. to the park on weekends
Kimberly tried to ______ her own shoelaces.
A. ties
B. tie
C. tied
D. tying
My teacher doesn’t allow us ______ while he is explaining the lesson.
A. talk
B. to talk
C. talking
D. talked