Quiz on Infinitives

What is another name for an 'Infinitive'?

• Past form

• Root/Base form

• Continuous form

• Perfect form

How is an infinitive used in a sentence?

• To represent a verb

• As an actual verb

• To change tense

• To indicate plurality

What is a complete infinitive?

• The base form of a verb

• The form 'to + Action word'

• A verb form with a subject

• A verb form that changes with tense

What is the function of a complete infinitive in modal auxiliaries?

• To change the verb tense

• To add a subject to the verb

• To follow the base form of a verb

• To indicate plurality

Which of the following is an example of a split infinitive?

• To quickly run

• To run quickly

• Quickly to run

• Run to quickly

There are three main types of infinitives:

• The complete infinitive and The bare infinitive and ‘The Split Infinitive’

• The Adjective infinitive and The noun infinitive and ‘The Split Infinitive’

• The infinitive and The gerund and ‘The Split Infinitive’

• None

What is the role of infinitives in sentence synthesis?

• They help in combining two simple sentences into one

• They separate sentences into smaller parts

• They remove verbs from sentences

• They make sentences more complex

What is the preferred way of using infinitives?

• Without splitting them

• By always splitting them

• By using them at the end of sentences

• By avoiding them completely

What type of sentence is "The organisers sat in the camera room to see everything clearly"?

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• Compound-complex sentence

Which sentence structure uses two verbs and one coordinating conjunction?

• Simple sentence

• Compound sentence

• Complex sentence

• Compound-complex sentence