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Infinitive Phrases Notes

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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.
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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.
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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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CATEGORIZE Match the infinitive to its preposition required.

  • tener
  • enseñar
  • poder
  • ir
  • deber
  • tener ganas
  • tratar
  • --- + infinitive
  • --- + A + infinitive
  • --- + DE + infinitive
  • --- + QUE + infinitive
MODELOS
Identify the CAPITALIZED verbal as conjugation or infinitive. Mark your paper accordingly.
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Los estudiantes DEBEN practicar.

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Ella ODIA lavar los platos.

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Nosotros sabemos COCINAR.

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Él ACABA DE comer.

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¿Vas a PREPARAR la comida?

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Yo VUELVO A cantar.

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Me gusta COCINAR.

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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I cannot cook.

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He should study.

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She feels like studying.

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You need to study.

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Can you cook?

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I hate to cook.

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I want to learn.

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I want to learn to cook.

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She teaches cooking.

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They try to study.

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).