Question

Combine sentences by using an infinitive-
The tea is too hot, I cannot drink it.
a) The tea is too hot for me to drink it.
b) No change
c) I cannot drink the tea because it is too hot.
d) Because the tea is too hot I cannot drink it.

Answer 1

Hint: The infinitive is the base form of a verb. In English, when we talk about the infinitive we are usually referring to the present infinitive, which is the most common.

Complete answer:
There are, however, four other forms of the infinitive: the perfect infinitive, the perfect continuous infinitive, the continuous infinitive, & the passive infinitive.
The present infinitive has two forms-
The to-infinitive = to + base
The zero infinitives = base
In the given question, we have to find out the most suitable option by using the correct infinitive from among the four given ones.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option :
Option ‘a’ – it is the correct option as an infinitive form is to+verb in the present tense. Here, the main verb is drink and the infinitive is “to drink”.
Option ‘b’ – this option has to be chosen if all the other three options are incorrect or not suitable for the given question, which is not the case here.
Option ‘c’ – it is an incorrect option because it is grammatically incorrect, we cannot use ‘because’ here as it is making the sentence unnecessarily too long.
Option ‘d’ – it is also an incorrect option as it is making the sentence unnecessarily too long.
Hence, the option ‘a’ is the correct option. The complete sentence would be – The tea is too hot for me to drink it.

Note:
You must also check if the sentence is grammatically correct, and that the sentence doesn’t get too long, unnecessarily.