Name:____________________________________

Quiz ‘Infinitive’

 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

beg encourage expect force invite order persuade remind warn afford
dare hope manage mean offer refuse seem would love would prefer make

1. Banks actively____________people to borrow money.

2. The judge____________him to serve five years in prison for the robbery.
3. Whoops! I didn’t____________to step on your toe.
4. I____________to have lost all my self-confidence.
5. The gunman____________a woman to drive him across the city.
6. ____________Jane to bring her laptop when she comes.
7. She somehow____________to escape through the window.
8. I____________to get a job within the next two weeks.
9. They____________us work for twelve hours.
10. We couldn’t____________to buy a new rug.
11. He____________to teach them waterskiing.
12. Do you____________to exercise indoors or outdoors?
13. Nobody could____________her to change her mind.
14. Do you really____________me to believe you?
15. I haven’t been to Brazil, but I____________to go.
16. Everyone in the office complains that he smells awful, but nobody____________to
mention it to him.
17. I____________him to come back to England with me.
18. Police are____________(ing) all women in the area to take extra care when going out
alone.
19. John____________me to accompany him to the races.
20. How could he____________to help his own son?