Infinitives,gerunds, and participles

Question 1

What are the two forms of infinitives?

Answer 1

• the to-infinitive

* the zero infinitive

Question 2

How is a negative infinitive formed?

Answer 2

By putting not in form of the infinitive

Question 3

What are the functions of the to-infinitive?

Answer 3

The purpose or intention of an action, the subject of the sentence, what something can or will be, after adjectives, to make comment or judgement, with adverbs and with question words

Question 4

What are the function of the zero- infinitive?

Answer 4

After auxiliaries, after verbs of perception, after the verbs make and let, after the expression had better, with why

Question 5

Definition of gerunds.

Answer 5

Verb made from a noun adding -ing

Question 6

Example of a gerund

Answer 6

The verb form of read is reading

Question 7

What can you use the gerund as in a sentence?

Answer 7

The subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence

Question 8

Definition of a participle.

Answer 8

A form of verb that is used in a sentence to modify noun, noun phrase, verb, or verb phrase.

Question 9

What is a participle similar to?

Answer 9

Adjective or adverb

Question 10

Definition of infinitives.

Answer 10

The base form of a verb.