Infinitive Verbs: Teach students when to use the infinitive with comics!
Testo Storyboard
PURPOSE
Hey Sawyer! Why are you back again?
I came to get my backpack. I forgot it here last night.
AFTER VERBS
I like to swing.
I want to play on the slide.
QUESTIONS
Do you understand what to do?
We use the infinitive to show purpose or reason for doing a certain action or feeling a certain emotion. It answers the question "why?"
We must use the infinitive after certain verbs, especially verbs of thinking or feeling. Some of these verbs are: decide, hate, forget, hope, like, want, remember.
Sometimes, we use the infinitive after question words - how, who, what, where, and when.