Question

Which sentence has an infinitive that functions as an adverb? By late in the afternoon, we were worried to hear the reports of the storm. After a few days, we began to realize we needed more assistance to clean up after the storm. The first part of the clean up, to remove limbs from the street, took longer than expected.

Answer 1

The sentence having an infinitive that functions as an adverb is ‘By late in the afternoon, we were worried to hear the reports of the storm. ‘ Here, the verb ‘to hear’ which is an infinitive as well was described by and adverb ‘worried’.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. By late afternoon, we were worried to hear the reports of the storm.

Infinitive is termed as the third type of verbal. It can work as three parts of speech. Worried is the adverb here. It modifies the meaning of worry how people got worried when they got the storm report.

A good example of an infinitive phrase which acts as an adverb is, to make the matters worse, a strong wind propelled the fire.