Infinitives, Verb Tenses, and Passive Voice

Infinitive Forms

• Infinitives can function as subjects, objects, or prepositional objects.
• Infinitives can be used with "so as to," "in order to" and "so that."
• Infinitive forms include bare infinitives, simple infinitives, perfect infinitives, progressive infinitives etc.
• Infinitives can be used after adjectives to provide further description(e.g., "It's easy to learn a new language")
• Split infinitives are permitted, meaning "to boldly go"
• Infinitives are used to describe actions that are ongoing or happening (e.g., "to travel the world").

Verb Tenses

• Present Continuous expresses actions happening now.
• Simple Present describes routines, habits, facts, general truths.
• Past Continuous describes ongoing actions in the past.
• Past Perfect describes actions completed before another past action.

Passive Voice

• Passive Voice describes situations where the subject(receiver) is the focus and not the agent(doer of the action).
• Present Continuous passive voice examples include "The letter is being written by her", or "This task will be finished by tomorrow".
• Present Perfect passive voice examples include "This project has been completed by June".
• The passive voice can be identified by "be + past participle"

This quiz covers essential concepts related to infinitive forms, verb tenses, and the passive voice in English grammar. You'll learn how infinitives function in various contexts and how to use different verb tenses correctly. Test your understanding of these fundamental grammar rules!