Summerhill STUDIO | Grammar

The infinitives of see and hear can be used to explain the reason for a false impression. The infinitive structure is usually followed by you’d think or a similar expression.

Infinitive clauses can be used to say what somebody found out or learnt at the end of a journey or task.

This structure is common with many adjectives expressing possibility, necessity, importance, urgency, frequency and value judgements.

He got up early in order to have time to pack .  I watched him in order to know more about him.  I moved to a new flat so as to be near my work

After some verbs (e.g. mean, be, would like ), perfect infinitives can refer to 'unreal' past situations that are the opposite of what really happened .

When does infinitive  tell the future?

Quantifiers like enough, too much/many/little /few, plenty etc are often followed by noun + infinitive.

An infinitive can be used after a noun , or an indefinite pronoun like something, to explain the purpose of a particular thing :

We can use infinitives after some nouns which are related to verbs that can be followed by infinitives (e.g. wish, decide, need ).

Superlatives can be followed by infinitive structure.

When two infinitive structures are joined by and, or, except, but, than, as or like , the second is often without to .

The Gerund and the Infinitive can be used in the following forms:

We form the perfect infinitive with to have + the - ed form of a verb.