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Infinitive Phrases Notes
FRASES CON INFINITIVOS (Infinitive phrases)

Complete your note sheet (the very last piece of paper in your gigantic note packet).

Type your responses here to check your work and then copy onto your paper.
Question 1
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DEFINITION: A verb phrase is any phrase involving more than one verb . While there may be more than one verb, there is NEVER --- per clause.

ALGUNOS EJEMPLOS (SOME EXAMPLES):

I need to read the book.
He wants to read the book.
Question 2
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I need to read the book.
Yo --- --- el libro.

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He wants to watch TV.
Él --- --- el televisor.

INFINITIVE: An infinitive is the most basic form of any verb. In English, it can be identified as 'to + verb." In Spanish, infinitives are identified by their endings: -AR, -ER, -IR.
TRANSLATIONS Some infinitives must be followed by prepositions and therefore do NOT necessarily translate word-for-word from English to Spanish or Spanish to English.
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MODELOS
Identify the CAPITALIZED verbal as conjugation or infinitive. Mark your paper accordingly.
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MODELOS
Check out the sentence completions:
The students OUGHT TO STUDY.
She HATES TO WASH the dishes.
We know HOW TO COOK.
He JUST ATE.
ARE YOU GOING TO PREPARE THE MEAL?
I SING AGAIN.
I LIKE TO COOK.
¡A TI TE TOCA!
Select the correct translation (and then write on your sheet).
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SO...now what?

Did you fill in your note sheet?
Tomorrow, you will be completing an exercise that requires you to use DEBER + infinitive, TENER QUE + infinitive and HAY QUE + infinitive. These expressions help to explain an obligation (requirement or chore).
CATEGORIZE Match the infinitive to its preposition required.
tratar
ir
enseñar
deber
tener
tener ganas
poder
--- + infinitive
--- + A + infinitive
--- + DE + infinitive
--- + QUE + infinitive
Los estudiantes DEBEN practicar.
conjugation
infinitive
Ella ODIA lavar los platos.
conjugation
infinitive
Nosotros sabemos COCINAR.
conjugation
infinitive
Él ACABA DE comer.
conjugation
infinitive
¿Vas a PREPARAR la comida?
conjugation
infinitive
Yo VUELVO A cantar.
conjugation
infinitive
Me gusta COCINAR.
conjugation
infinitive
I cannot cook.
No cocino poder.
No puedo cocino.
No puedo cocinar.
He should study.
Él debe estudiar.
Estudia de debe.
Debe estudia.
She feels like studying.
Tiene gana que estudiar.
Tiene ganas de estudiar.
Se siente como estudiar.
You need to study.
Necesito estudia.
Necesitas estudiar.
Necesitas que estudiar.
Can you cook?
¿Puedes a cocinar?
¿Puedes cocinar?
¿Puedes que cocinar?
I hate to cook.
Odio cocinar.
No me gusta cocinando.
Ojo cocino no yo.
I want to learn.
Deseo de aprendo.
Quiero que aprender.
Deseo aprender.
I want to learn to cook.
Quiero aprender cocinar.
Quiero aprender a cocinar.
Deseo aprendo a cocinar.
She teaches cooking.
Ella enseña cocina.
Ella enseña a cocinar.
Ella enseña a cocinado.
They try to study.
Tratan de estudiar.
Tratan que estudiar.
Tratan estudian.