Understanding Infinitive Phrases

Directions:

Underline the infinitive phrases in the sentences below.

Example:

Corrinne loves to ride the moving sidewalks at the airport.

1.      Gayle uses chisels, a hammer, and a splitting tool to make her stone sculptures.

2.      People see to be drawing remarkably different conclusions from the same data.

3.      Many zoo animals can learn to adjust to unfamiliar foods, but koalas eat only eucalyptus leaves.

4.      An employee known to have been embittered against the company left several abusive messages on the voice mail system.

5.      The best time to watch for meteors is between midnight and sunrise.

6.      Some corruption is too extensive to be comprehended easily by the general public.

7.      Whenever they stand in line at the supermarket, the Wilsons like to read the headlines of the tabloids to each other.

8.      Spaghetti tongs are used to lift cooked spaghetti from boiling water.

9.      The first comic strip to appear in print was “The Yellow Kid.”

10.  Phil was rumored to have been looking for another job long before he found one.

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