Question

Underline infinitives and define their types. 1. It is wonderful to love and to be loved. 2. You might have thought of Miguel! 3. I’m sorry to have taken so much of your time. 4. You are a bachelor with no family to take care of. 5. Hurry up! Vicky must have been waiting for us for half an hour. 6. I didn’t come here to be shouted at. 7. He pretended to be sleeping. 8. I tried several times but the door wouldn’t open. 9. You seem to have been given the wrong telephone number. 10. It may seem strange, but I didn’t do it. 11. Everyone wants to be respected. 12. These houseboats seem to have been turned into floating restaurants. 13. She was glad to have met you. 14. Destiny is not a thing to be waited for. 15. In travelling a man must carry knowledge with him.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. to love and to be loved - infinitive of purpose

2. to thought- not an infinitive

3. to have taken - perfect infinitive

4. to take care - infinitive of purpose

5. to have been waiting - perfect infinitive

6. to be shouted - infinitive of purpose

7. to be sleeping - infinitive of purpose

8. to open - infinitive of purpose

9. to have been given - perfect infinitive

10. to do - infinitive of purpose

11. to be respected - infinitive of purpose

12. to have been turned - perfect infinitive

13. to have met - perfect infinitive

14. to be waited - infinitive of purpose

15. to carry - infinitive of obligation

Answer 2

Here are the sentences with the infinitives underlined, along with the types of infinitives:

1. It is wonderful to love and to be loved.

   • Types of infinitives: to love (infinitive of purpose), to be loved (infinitive of purpose)

2. You might have thought of Miguel!

   • Type of infinitive: to thought (infinitive used incorrectly; it should be "to think")

3. I’m sorry to have taken so much of your time.

   • Type of infinitive: to have taken (infinitive of regret)

4. You are a bachelor with no family to take care of.

   • Type of infinitive: to take care of (infinitive of purpose)

5. Hurry up! Vicky must have been waiting for us for half an hour.

   • Type of infinitive: None in this sentence.

6. I didn’t come here to be shouted at.

   • Type of infinitive: to be shouted at (infinitive of purpose)

7. He pretended to be sleeping.

   • Type of infinitive: to be sleeping (infinitive used to indicate the action being pretended)

8. I tried several times but the door wouldn’t open.

   • Type of infinitive: None in this sentence.

9. You seem to have been given the wrong telephone number.

   • Type of infinitive: to have been given (infinitive of result)

10. It may seem strange, but I didn’t do it.

    • Type of infinitive: None in this sentence.

11. Everyone wants to be respected.

    • Type of infinitive: to be respected (infinitive of purpose)

12. These houseboats seem to have been turned into floating restaurants.

    • Type of infinitive: to have been turned (infinitive of result)

13. She was glad to have met you.

    • Type of infinitive: to have met (infinitive of cause)

14. Destiny is not a thing to be waited for.

    • Type of infinitive: to be waited for (infinitive of purpose)

15. In traveling a man must carry knowledge with him.

    • Type of infinitive: to carry (infinitive of obligation)

Note that infinitives can serve various functions in sentences, such as expressing purpose, result, obligation, or cause, among others.