The Infinitive // English Grammar Lessons

In this lesson we'll discuss the Infinitive. We'll see what types of infinitives there are in English, what their formulas are, what roles they can play in a sentence - in short, everything you need to know about these verbals. 00:00 Introduction 00:44 The Infinitive: Main Points 01:33 Nominal Characteristics of the Infinitive 03:50 Verbal Characteristics of the Infinitive 05:53 Forms of the infinitive 08:51 Simple Infinitive 09:41 Progressive Infinitive 11:02 Perfect Infinitive 14:12 Perfect-Progressive Infinitive 15:37 Voice of the Infinitive 17:17 'Bare' and Full Infinitives 18:31 When do we use the 'Bare' Infinitive? 27:50 'To' without the Infinitive 28:57 The Split Infinitive 33:01 The Functions of the infinitive in a Sentence 33:28 The Infinitive as a Subject 34:58 The Infinitive as a Predicative 38:47 The Infinitive in Compound Verbal Predicates 41:43 The Infinitive as an Object 44:03 The Infinitive in Complex Objects 45:19 The Infinitive as an Attribute 46:28 The Infinitive as an Adverbial Modifier 55:42 The Infinitive as Parenthesis You might be interested in watching: 📚 Finite and Non-Finite Forms of Verb:    • Finite and Non-finite Forms of Verb: Intro...   📚 Semi-modal verbs:    • #2 Semi-Modal Verbs // English Grammar Les...   📚 Periphrastic Modals:    • #3 Periphrastic Modals // English Grammar ...