PRACTICE 1: MATCHING Match the infinitive phrases with the sentences. Write out each sentence. inserting the Intinitive and underlining them.
Sentences
1 Aunt Petunia had insisted that the whole family follow the same
diet, to
Infinitives:
K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2. Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to
-George Bernard Shaw (saying)
3. All Old Yeller did was come bounding in
-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
4 Stuart had to climb a tiny rope ladder which his father had fixed for
him
a. To get to the washbasin
b. To make Dudley feel better about eating "rabbit food"
c. To like what you get
- EB White, Shart Little
5. Hours later, walking home, my boots crunching on the snow, I bent
my head backward
d. To drink in the crystal stars
e. To jump on us and lick us in the face and bark so loud that there,
inside the cabin, the noise nearly made us deal
-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
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