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Infinitives and Infinitive
Phrases
Make sure you go to Movie and
Game Night this Friday!
What is an Infinitive?
• An infinitive is a form of a verb that
generally appears with the word to
and acts as a noun, adjective, or
adverb.
Infinitive Functions
Subject:
To decorate requires gold, tropical feathers,
and rare furs.
Direct Object:
Alone and frightened, she wanted to survive.
Predicate Nominative:
The purpose of pictures was to record an idea.
Object of a Preposition:
He had no choice except to relent.
Appositive:
His goal, to travel, was never realized.
Adjective:
The director of the camp is the person to
notify.
Adverbs:
-Cortes plotted to take over the Aztec Empire.
-Afraid to speak, he looked at his shoes.
Give it a shot!
-Identifying Infinitives: Write the infinitive in each
sentence. Then, tell how each functions in the
sentence.
• Native Americans had a variety of ways to
travel.
• To walk on top of the snow is the purpose of
snowshoes.
• If a woman wanted to carry many objects at a
time, she may have used a carrying basket.
• It was made especially to fit on her shoulders
and head.
• Those who planned to travel by water used
boats made of wood, bark, or animal skins.
Take Note: Prepositional Phrase or
Infinitive?
• Take note: Take care not to confuse a
prepositional phrase beginning with to with
an infinitive.
• How to distinguish: A prepositional phrase
always ends with a noun or pronoun. An
infinitive always ends with a verb.
Prepositional Phrase
We went to the movies
last week.
Infinitive
I didn’t want the movie to
end.
Give it a shot!
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Distinguish between prepositional phrases and infinitives: Write each
phrase beginning with to in the sentences below. Then, label each
prepositional phrase or infinitive.
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Clothing of different tribes varied from area to area.
Plains tribes used tubes of bone to make a hair-pipe breastplate.
Breechcloths, cloths hung around the waist to cover the lower body,
were used by several different tribes.
Women in the California area wore grass skirts to their knees.
Chiefs of the Southwest wore robes of feathers to important
ceremonies.
Many Native Americans living in colder climates made their clothing
out of fur to keep themselves warm.
Many tribes went to the forest for materials.
Those that lived in the Northwest often used bark and reed to make
their clothing.
Moccasins were worn to protect feet.
To the Native Americans living in warmer climates, clothing was not
always an important part of survival.
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