D: To explain the feelings of worry experienced by an immigrant family
The sentence that contains a boldface infinitive is D. Lisa wants TO GO.
It is easy to spot an infinitive - it is usually a combination of the word TO plus a verb.
A and C are incorrect because those are not infinitives, but rather prepositional phrases. B is incorrect because it is an infinitival phrase, rather than a single infinitive.
Answer:
(A) Stephen is not doing his work because his glasses are broken.
Explanation:
The incident was explained in one of the novel's chapters when Stephen's teacher, Father Dolan, entered the classroom and saw Stephen not studying. He was strict and asked Stephen why he wasn't studying, to which Stephen replied that his glasses were broken and he couldn't read.
Why does Father Dolan paddle Stephen?
(A) Stephen is not doing his work because his glasses are broken.
(B) Stephen is not doing his work, because he does not know the answers to the Latin problems.
(C) Stephen is talking to another student to get answer to the Latin problems,
(D) Stephen is talking to another student because his glasses are broken.
