Also known as main clause or principal clause. Indicative mood . Indirect object . They gave a present to me . Infinitives function as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.
Infinitives are verbals.
Infinitive phrase . Infinitive phrases have the same functions as infinitives. Change in form to indicate grammatical relationships. Inflection of nouns and pronouns is known as declension . Inflection of verbs is known as conjugation .