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Infinitives - Exercise 6
Directions: Locate the infinitive phrase in each sentence. Identify each as adverbial, adjectival, or nominal.
Type the entire infinitive phrase and its function into the box below the sentence. When you are finished, click the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page to check your answers.
Example: Bill opened the door to let me into the room.
Answer: to let me into the room, adverbial
1. To run five miles is hard exercise.
2. Jen has a desire to improve her skill on the piano.
3. Howard asked to chair the committee.
4. Bill's primary achievement was to finish the work.
5. To find the prize, you must first empty the box of its contents.
6. To write a best seller is the dream of every novelist.
7. We will need a week to finish that work.
8. Mark's attempt to swim across the river ended in failure.
9. There is nothing left except to clean up the mess.
10. He wanted to fly around the world.
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