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To-verbs are also known as "infinitive verbs".
A verb is a word that depicts an action. A verb in its basic form is called an infinitive form. It is generally in the form that appears in our dictionaries. The infinitive form of a verb is usually preceded by "to". Hence it is also called as "to verbs".
Example:
Read the following sentences from the lesson "Sound of Music":
1. Evelyn was determined to live a normal life.
2. Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends and teachers.
Observe that the emphasized words are the "to-verbs". On a closer observation, it has to be noted that it usually answers questions beginning with "what".
Example:
What was Evelyn determined to do?
What did Evelyn manage to do?
When an infinitive verb is used, "to" is used as a "part of the verb" and not as a preposition. The verb will not be conjugated with -ed, -ing,-s etc.
Example:
to play
to dream
to expand
to use
The to-verbs used in the lesson are:
- to play
- to conceal
- to take
- to lead
- to give up
- to sense
- to open
- to make
- to watch
- to learn
- to work
Thesentences from the lesson "Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound without Hearing It" sing to-verbs are as follows:
- Evelyn's mother remembers noticing something was wrong when the eight-year-old Evelyn was waiting to play the piano.
- Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness.
- Evelyn's headmistress urged her parents to take her to a specialist.
- Evelyn was determined to lead a normal life.
- Evelyn was not goingto give up.
- Ron Forbes told Evelyn to sense it some other way.
- "I had learnt to open my mind and body to sounds", said Evelyn.
- Evelyn had decided to make music her life.
- It is intriguing to watch Evelyn function so effortlessly.
- She managed to learn French and master basic Japanese.
- "I’ve just got to work harder than classical musicians," said Evelyn.
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