Infinitive Phrases

Which of the following is an infinitive phrase?

• to sing in the choir

• to new heights

• to a better future

• to the movies

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

• to give to others

• to others

• is so important

• so important

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

My entire life I have always wanted to be a teacher.

• my entire life

• I have

• always wanted

• to be a teacher

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

Eating a balanced diet allows a person to keep healthy.

• eating a balanced diet

• balanced

• allows a person

• to keep healthy

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence? After Bobby fell to the ground, he needed to go to the hospital.

• Bobby fell

• to the ground

• to go

• to the hospital

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

Eating a balanced diet allows a person to keep healthy.

• eating a balanced die

• allows a person

• balanced

• to keep healthy

What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

My entire life I have always wanted to be a teacher.

• my entire life

• always wanted

• I have

• to be a teacher

We bought a new wrench to fix the leaky faucet.

• Prepositional

• Participial

• Gerund

• Infinitive

• Appositive

Add an infinitive phrase to the following sentence:

April bought eighty lottery tickets __________________.

• with the hopes of winning.

• at the local convenience store.

• and gave them to her grandmother.

• to increase her chances of winning.

In the following sentence, what purpose does the infinitive phrase serve?

To smile at others brings joy to yourself.

• subject

• direct object

• adjective

• adverb