3. Infinitives are verbals that are made up
of the word to and a verb

4. Infinitives may only function as
nouns, adjectives or adverbs

5. When infinitives function as adjectives
and adverbs, they usually found
preceding nouns and pronouns in
sentences

6. When infinitives function as nouns, they
are used as subjects, direct objects and
objects of prepositions.

8. Infinitives functioning as
NOUNS
To err is human; To forgive is divine.
(subject)
I intended to punch her. (direct object)

9. Infinitives functioning as
ADJECTIVES
M3 is the best class to admire.
I always bring a calculator to use in case
of emergencies.

10. Infinitives functioning as
ADVERBS
Ting must drink the rat poison to die.
To win the pageant, Genalyn must answer
the questions perfectly.

11. Infinitive phrase functioning
as NOUN
Ione loves to kill cockroaches.
Leah agreed to give Jerry a kiss.

12. Infinitive phrase functioning as
ADJECTIVE
Thea has a love letter to read after class.
I was the last boy in school to learn the
alphabet.

14. Infinitives (to + verb) should not be
confused with prepositional phrases (to
+ noun/pronoun)

15. Infinitives may occur as either a to + one
verb or a part of an infinitive phrase