📘 INFINITIVE – COMPLETE ADVANCED CHART

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📘 INFINITIVE – COMPLETE ADVANCED CHART

🔴 1. Infinitive क्या होता है?

👉 Definition:
to + V1 (base verb) = Infinitive

👉 Hindi पहचान:
ना / ने / नी / करना

✔ Example:
To read is good.
👉 पढ़ना अच्छा है

🔵 2. Types of Infinitive

✅ (A) To-Infinitive

👉 to + V1

Example
to eat
to go

✅ (B) Bare Infinitive (without “to”)

👉 सिर्फ V1 (to नहीं)

Example
go, eat, play

🟢 3. Uses of Infinitive (मुख्य उपयोग)

(A) Subject के रूप में

Example
To learn English is important.

👉 Note: modern English में “It” use ज्यादा होता है
✔ It is important to learn English.

(B) Object के रूप में

Example
I want to learn English.
She decided to go.

(C) Purpose (उद्देश्य)

👉 “क्यों?” का answer देता है

Example
He came to meet me.
I study to succeed.

(D) After Adjective

Example
I am happy to help you.
She is ready to go.

(E) After Question Words

Example
I don’t know what to do.
She told me how to solve it.

(F) After Certain Verbs

📊 Important Verb List:

Verb Example
want I want to go.
decide He decided to study.
plan She plans to travel.
promise He promised to help.
agree They agreed to come.

🔴 4. Bare Infinitive Use (Advanced)

👉 बिना “to” के use होता है

✅ (A) After Modal Verbs

Example
can go
must work
will come

✅ (B) After Let / Make / See / Hear

📊 Rule Chart:

Verb Structure
let let + object + V1
make make + object + V1
see/hear see/hear + object + V1

✔ Examples:

Sentence
Let me go.
He made me laugh.
I saw him play.

🔵 5. Special Infinitive Forms (Advanced)

✅ (A) Passive Infinitive

👉 to be + V3

Example
I want to be respected.

✅ (B) Perfect Infinitive

👉 to have + V3

Example
He seems to have finished.

✅ (C) Continuous Infinitive

👉 to be + V1+ing

Example
He seems to be working.

✅ (D) Perfect Continuous

👉 to have been + V1+ing

Example
He seems to have been working.

🟢 6. Infinitive vs Gerund (Deep Concept)

📊 Same Meaning Verbs

Verb Gerund Infinitive
like I like reading. I like to read.
love She loves dancing. She loves to dance.

📊 Different Meaning Verbs

Verb Gerund Meaning Infinitive Meaning
stop stop doing stop to do
remember past future
try experiment effort

✔ Examples:

  • I stopped smoking. (छोड़ दिया)
  • I stopped to smoke. (रुककर smoke किया)

🔴 7. After Too / Enough

✅ Too

👉 too + adj + to + V1

✔ Example:
He is too weak to walk.

✅ Enough

👉 adj + enough + to + V1

✔ Example:
He is strong enough to fight.

🔵 8. Common Patterns

📊 Pattern Chart:

Pattern Example
It + be + adj + to + V1 It is easy to learn.
noun + to + V1 I have work to do.
verb + object + to + V1 I told him to go.

🟢 9. Negative Infinitive

👉 not + to + V1

✔ Example:
I decided not to go.

🔴 10. Split Infinitive

👉 to + adverb + verb

✔ Example:
to quickly run

👉 modern English में allowed है ✅

🧠 11. Important Exam Notes

✔ Infinitive = to + V1
✔ Modal → bare infinitive
✔ Preposition → gerund (NOT infinitive) ❗

❌ Incorrect: interested to learn
✔ Correct: interested in learning

🎯 12. Super Trick

👉 “क्यों?” का answer = infinitive
👉 “क्या करना?” = infinitive
👉 Preposition के बाद = gerund

🚀 FINAL SUMMARY

👉 Infinitive = to + V1
👉 Purpose, object, adjective, verbs के बाद use
👉 Bare infinitive = modal, let, make

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