INFINITIVE FORM

42.INFINITIVE FORM



· O infinitivo é a forma original do verbo e
pode aparecer com ou sem a partícula to.

Ex.:

To do - do

To make - make

To like - like

To go,... - go



1· Usa-se o infinitivo sem to:



a) após os verbos anômalos, os verbos auxiliares do e will e os verbos make e let.

Ex.:

I can swim.

Do you like coffee?

Let me go.



b) após as conjunções but e except.

Ex.:

I will do nothing but cry.



2· Usa-se o infinitivo com to:



a) após os verbos tell, invite, teach, remind, wish, desire, want.

Ex.:

I want to go home.

He told me to
stop.



b) após as palavras too,
enough, the first, the second, the last, the only.

Ex.:

We are too young to
die.

I was the
first one to arrive.



c) após adjetivos.

Ex.:

This exercise is difficult to do.



· NOTE:

O verbo help aceita infinitivo com ou sem to.

Ex.:

They helped us do our homework.

They helped us to
do our homework.