(Note that the participle, like the predicate verb, may consist of two or
more words.)

(Note, too, that the participle, like the adjective, may belong to a
_noun complement_.)




LESSON 49.

THE INFINITIVE PHRASE.

+Hints for Oral Instruction+.--There is another form of the verb which,
like the participle, cannot be the predicate of a sentence, for it cannot
_assert_; as, She went out _to see_ a friend; _To lie_ is a disgrace. As
this form of the verb expresses the action, being, or state in a general
manner, without limiting it directly to a subject, it is called an
+Infinitive+, which means _without limit_. The infinitive generally follows
_to_; as, _to walk, to sleep_.

Let each pupil give an infinitive.

The infinitive and the preposition _to_ constitute a phrase, which may be
employed in several ways.

+T+.--_I have a duty to perform_. The infinitive phrase modifies what?

+P+.--The noun _duty_. +T+.--It then performs the office of what? +P+.--Of
an adjective modifier.