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G After the verbs seem, appear, claim, etc., we use the to-infinitive.
Read the following examples:

1. He seems to have practised well.
2. He appears to have found the solution.

G To-infinitive is also followed in the following verbs:

mean expect help would prefer would like
ask want beg would love would hate

G The pattern followed is verb + to-infinitive or verb + object + to-infinitive.

Read the following examples:
1. He wanted to leave early.

He wanted me to leave early.
2. He would like to live in the forest resort.

He would like me to live in the forest resort.

G The pattern: verb + object + to-infinitive is also followed in the below mentioned
verbs:
permit invite warn allow forbid

order advise remind encourage force

Read the following examples:
1. She advised the child not to trust strangers.
2. He forbade me to go out alone to the forest.

G After the following verbs we can use a question word (what / whether / how / where)
+ to-infinitive:
explain remember know forget decide

ask wonder learn understand
G Verbs like ask, teach, advise, show follow the pattern given below:

Form : verb + (somebody) + question word + to-infinitive + .......
Read the following examples:

1. Ask the teacher how to solve the equation.
2. I don’t know how to operate this machine.

3. We could not decide when to leave the place.
G Infinitives can be used without ‘to’ also. Verbs like watch, know, write, feel, make,
let, bid, hear, see, dare, need, etc. take the infinitive after them without ‘to’. Such

infinitives are called bare infinitives .

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