INFINITIVE

Infinitive adalah verb yang selalu mengikuti ‘to'

e.g :  - I hope to see you again.

         - He promises to be here, soon.

Penggunaan infinitive dalam kalimat adalah sebagai berikut :

a.       Verb + infinitive

Beberapa verb yang langsung diikuti oleh infinitive, sbb :

Hope to, plan to, intend to, decide to, promise to, agree to, offer to, refuse to, seem to, appear to, pretend to, ask to, expect to, would like to, want to, need to.

e.g :  - I need to talk to you.

         - Omar expected to pass the test.

         - Finally, she agrees to follow me.

b.      Verb + Pro (noun) + infinitive

Berikut adalah beberapa verb yang diikuti oleh seseorang atau sesuatu kemudian baru diikiti oleh infinitive :

Tell someone to                                                                              

Advise someone to

Encourage someone to

Remind someone to

Invite someone to

Permit someone to

Allow someone to

Warn someone to

Require someone to

Order someone to

Force someone to

e.g :  - The police orders the driver to stop

         - Please tell her to come here at ten.

                     - My friend advises me to study hard.

c.       Penggunaan infinitive dalam kalimat negative.

Verb + not + invinitive.

e.g :  - He promised not to come late.

         - I encourage him not to be shy anymore.

         - Ina  is telling us not to cheat in the examination.