Author:
Laura McKinney
Date Of Creation:
2 August 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
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Content
The infinitive It is the form of the verb that refers only to an action that is not modified by the verb tense or the person.
In EnglishIn almost all cases, infinitives are formed like this:
To + verb root
The only exceptions are:
- Dog: power (ability and possibility)
- May: power (possibility)
- Must: duty
Next, we list 120 examples of verbs in English without conjugation, that is, in the infinitive, along with their respective translation.
Examples of infinitive verbs (English)
To absorb (absorb) | To learn |
To add | To leave (to leave, to leave) |
To answer | To left |
To appear | To list |
To arrive | To listen |
To ask | To live |
To bark | To look (see) |
To be (To be, to be) | To loose |
To became | To make (make, manufacture) |
To belong | may |
To born | To mean (to mean) |
To build | To modify |
Can (power) | To move |
To clarify | Must |
To clean | To play (play, act, play an instrument) |
To close | To pull |
To contain | To put (put, place) |
To cook | To reach |
To cost | To read |
To cover | To record |
To crack (break) | To refuse |
To create | To remain |
To cross | To remember |
To cry | To repair |
To dark | To return |
To die (to die) | To save |
To discover | To schedule |
To draw | To sell |
To drink | To set (put, place) |
To drive | To shine (dawn) |
To dry | To show |
To ear | To sing |
To eat | To sit |
To elect (choose) | To sleep |
To entertain | To smell |
To exchange | To Smile |
To experiment | To solve |
To explain | To sound (sonar) |
To express (express) | To speak |
To feel | To stay (be, stay) |
To finish | To stop |
To fix | To study |
To fly | To swim |
To follow | To take |
To formulate | To taste |
To found | To tell (say, speak) |
To freeze | To translate |
To fun | To travel |
To gift | To try |
To give | To turn on |
To go | To type (Type) |
To grow | To underline |
To have | To use |
To help | To wake |
To honor | To walk |
To include | To wash |
To insist (insist) | To wear |
To interrupt | To work |
To jump | To write |
To know | To zoom (move quickly) |
They can serve you
- Examples of Regular Verbs in English
- Past Simple Examples
- Examples of Past Perfect in English
- Examples of Future in English
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