Remember...

• A verbal is a word formed from a verb but functions as a different part of speech. 

• One kind of verbal, an infinitive, is formed by placing to in front of the present tense form of a verb.

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​ An Infinitive can be used as a noun within the sentence.

​Nouns can function as

• ​The subject of a sentence

• ​a direct object

• ​an indirect object

• ​the object of a preposition

Examples of Infinitives

• to live 

• to think

• to jump

• to be

• to hear