This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Infinitive – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Infinitive Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We use the ..... infinitive to show that the actions of the infinitive and the finite verb take place at the same time. A) Passive. B) Active. C) Non-perfect. D) Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-perfect. 2. The infinitive is used in the construction "ir + a + infinitive" to express something happening in the near future. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. He may ..... if you invite him. A) Come. B) To come. C) Coming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Come. 4. What forms of the infinitive are mainly used in the function of adverbials? A) Continuous forms. B) Perfect forms. C) Indefinite forms. D) Perfect continuous forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indefinite forms. 5. You've made the dinner. That's nice.Thank you for ..... A) To make a dinner. B) Make a dinner. C) Makeing a dinner. D) Making a dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making a dinner. 6. We expect the Irish delegation ..... tomorrow. A) To be leaving. B) To leave. C) To have left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To leave. 7. In the sentence:'Zoe likes ..... books.', which verb should be followed by an infinitive? A) None. B) Reading. C) To read. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None. 8. We use a camera ..... photographs. A) Taking. B) To take. C) Take. D) To takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To take. 9. Jack considered ..... to the party, but eventually he didn't. A) Going. B) To go. C) Must going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going. 10. I tried lots of different things but they didn't seem to work. Finally she told me to try ..... on an adventure weekend with her A) Going. B) Go. C) To go. D) To be going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Going. 11. ..... honest, I have never done this type of work before. A) Be. B) To be. C) To have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be. 12. Did you remember ..... your homework? A) Doing. B) To do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do. 13. Let me ..... you do your homework. It's really hard. A) To help. B) Help. C) Helping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help. 14. Miss Stanley is below, with a car to take you home. A) AM of of attendant circumstances. B) AM of comparison. C) AM of purpose. D) AM of result. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AM of of attendant circumstances. 15. To see them together, you'd think they were an old married couple. A) AM of result. B) AM of purpose. C) AM of comparison. D) AM of condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AM of condition. 16. In which of the following sentences is the infinitive used in the function of an adverbial of time? A) We do sports to relax. B) The Browns have only me to look after their child. C) My grandma lived to be a hundred. D) To begin with, we never knew about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My grandma lived to be a hundred. 17. Chalie enjoys ..... to music. A) To listen. B) Listening. C) Listens. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listening. 18. You'd better ..... an umbrella, it looks like rain! A) To take. B) Take. C) Taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 19. In which of the following sentences is the infinitive used in the function of an adverbial of subsequent events? A) She arrived so as to be with us. B) He spoke Italian well enough to understand what was going on. C) Maggy smiled as if to say 'no'. D) He went to live in Paris, never to return to his hometown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He went to live in Paris, never to return to his hometown. 20. Identify the prepositional phrase.-I am driving to my boyfriend's house today. A) To my boyfriend's house. B) House today. C) No prepositional phrase. D) Am driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To my boyfriend's house. 21. *Identify the infinitive in each sentence.Mr. Salazar expected us to respect our grandparents. A) To respect. B) Mr. Salazar expected. C) Us to. D) Our grandparents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To respect. 22. Add an infinitive phrase to the following sentence: A) With the hopes of winning. B) At the local convenience store. C) And gave them to her grandmother. D) To increase her chances of winning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To increase her chances of winning. 23. Identify the infinitive-I don 't expect you to care A) I don't expect you. B) Expect you to care. C) Don't expect. D) To care. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To care. 24. What is the red phrase? Andrew knows to drive in the ice carefully. A) Infinitive phrase. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Participle phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infinitive phrase. 25. Which one is the infinitive phrase? Marissa refused to descend to the bottom of the cliff with the rest of the climbers. A) To descend. B) Of the cliff. C) To the bottom. D) Of the climbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To descend. 26. What is the past participle in this sentence? I have gone to the movies. A) Movies. B) Have. C) Have gone. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have gone. 27. Which one is the infinitive phrase? The students are registered to leave on a trip to the coast. A) To the coast. B) On a trip. C) To leave. D) There is no infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To leave. 28. Does this include an infinitive or preposition? "I need to go to the store." A) Infinitive. B) Preposition. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 29. Preposition or Infinitive? -I have to go to the store for milk. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) This sentence has an one example of both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This sentence has an one example of both. 30. Infinitive phrase or prepositional phrase? -She went to the store for ice cream. A) Infinitive phrase. B) Prepositional phrase. C) This sentence has an one example of both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 31. Which one is the infinitive phrase? The fighting men were asked to go to their car and leave the party. A) To go. B) To their car. C) There is no infinitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To go. 32. What is TO WIN telling you about the sentence? When I play racquetball, I play to win. A) It is the subject of the sentence. B) It is describing racquetball. C) It is telling how they play. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is telling how they play. 33. What is the function of the infinitive in this sentence? My uncle bought me a bicycle to ride. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 34. How is the infinitive phrase being used? To get an A on my test is my ultimate goal. A) Direct Object. B) Adjective. C) Subject (noun). D) Object of the Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject (noun). 35. How is the infinitive acting? To study can be difficult sometimes. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 36. What is the function of the infinitive phrase in this sentence? To sail the skies in the glider would be a fantastic experience. A) Direct Object. B) Subject. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject. 37. Is this an infinitive phrase or prepositional phrase? I am going to eat the whole pan of brownies! A) Infinitive phrase. B) Prepositional phrase. C) This sentence has an one example of both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infinitive phrase. 38. Infinitives can function as what part of speech? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 39. If the word to comes immediately before a ....., it is part of an infinitive. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Hyperbole. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 40. How is the infinitive being used? To make mistakes is a big part of learning. A) Adjective (describing mistakes). B) Direct object (noun). C) Subject (noun). D) Adverb (telling why you learn). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject (noun). 41. Which one is the infinitive phrase? I sent an email to your parents about your grades. A) To your parents. B) About your grades. C) There is no infinitive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is no infinitive. 42. Is the "infinitive phrase" a subject, direct object, or none? :Going to the moon seemed impossible to our grandparents. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None. 43. Does the following question contain an infinitive, past participle, or present participle? Jenny is waving the flag. A) Infinitive. B) Past participle. C) Present participle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present participle. 44. Which one is the infinitive phrase? Sadly, the conventions camp counselor refused to reveal the password to his account because he could not diagram every sentence in his Pearson workbook. A) To reveal the password. B) To his account. C) Pearson workbook. D) Pearson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To reveal the password. 45. What is the red phrase? My friend went to therapy for years after the class was over, just to resolve his issues with participles and prepositions. A) Infinitive phrase. B) Prepositional phrase. C) Participle phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional phrase. 46. Identify the infinitive phrase: "I'm ready to try, " she answered. A) I'm ready. B) To try. C) She answered. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To try. 47. Identify the gerund in the following sentence:Reading is an important skill to have. A) Important. B) To have. C) Skill. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading. 48. Does the following sentence contain an infinitive, present participle, or past participle? Jessica eats pears. A) Infinitive. B) Past participle. C) Present participle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infinitive. 49. I can't stand ..... for people. Fill in the gerund. A) Waiting. B) Wait. C) To wait. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waiting. 50. Identify the infinitive ..... For three weeks, we went to my house to practice. A) For three weeks. B) Went. C) To my house. D) To practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To practice. 51. What is the infinitive in the sentence? "I am happy to see you getting better" A) Getting better. B) Am happy. C) To see. D) No infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To see. 52. Running down the street, the girl tripped and fell. What is the participle phrase? A) Running. B) Running down the street. C) Tripped and fell. D) Tripped. E) Fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running down the street. 53. *Identify the infinitive in each sentence.Do you like to travel? A) Like to. B) You like. C) To travel. D) Do you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To travel. 54. Preposition or Infinitive? We are so excited to see the exhibit! A) Preposition. B) Infinitive. C) This sentence has an one example of both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive. 55. *Identify the infinitive in each sentence.To ride on the bus is not convenient. A) Not convenient. B) Bus is. C) On the. D) To ride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To ride. 56. What is the function of the infinitive in the sentence below? To build a fire in a strong wind takes skill. A) Noun-DO. B) Adverb. C) Noun-PN. D) Adjective. E) Noun-Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Noun-Subject. 57. Preposition or Infinitive? -I have to run to the store for milk. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) This sentence has an example of both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This sentence has an example of both. 58. The girrl loves to throw the ball. (identify the infinitve phrase) A) The girl loves. B) To throw. C) Throw the ball. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To throw. 59. Does the following sentence contain an infinitive, past participle or present participle? Jack is running to school. A) Infinitive. B) Present participle. C) Past participle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present participle. 60. Determine how the infinitive is functioning in the sentence.Amelia's favorite thing is to walk dogs at the Humane Society . A) Adjective. B) Noun (predicate nominative). C) Noun (direct object). D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun (predicate nominative). ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesInfinitive Quiz 1Infinitive Quiz 2Infinitive Quiz 3Infinitive Quiz 4Infinitive Quiz 5Infinitive Quiz 6Infinitive Quiz 7Infinitive Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books