INFINITIVE WITHOUT “TO” (BARE INFINITIVE) THE INFINITIVE WITHOUT “TO” IS USED: THE BARE INFINITIVE IS USED AFTER: MODAL VERBS (MAY, MUST, NEEDN’T…) Ex: The police must something about computer hacking HAD BETTER Ex: He had better take an umbrella!!! It is going to rain! MAKE (FORCE) AND LET Ex: Her mother made her clean the room Ex: Her parents let her go out with her friends