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Parts of Speech: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

Question 5 • PARTA - EVP: PGCPS ENGLISH 12 OC (FALL2026) 791113

Read the sentence.The teenagers went to town to muse over whether going to college or to university was the better choice.

Answer
A
to town
B
to muse
C
to college
D
to university

Explanation

An infinitive is formed with “to” followed by a verb in its base form. In “to muse,” muse is a verb, so the phrase is an infinitive. The other choices use “to” followed by nouns, so they are prepositional phrases.

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