Relier Pairs Compound Verbal ModalVersion en ligne State the components of the compound verbal modal predicate in the following sentences. par Irina Gavrilova 1 Verbs and expressions used in the predicate of sentences containing the Subjective Infinitive Construction (Complex Subject) 2 Modal expressions: to be + Infinitive, to have + Infinitive 3 A modal verb and an infinitive 4 A verb with a modal meaning and an infinitive or a gerund 5 Modal expressions and an infinitive We intend going to Switzerland, and climbing Mount Blanc. (Ch. Bronte) I have to work for my living. (Jerome) Never mind who told me. I happen to know his car was seen here yesterday afternoon. (Du Maurier) "You should answer that question," he said to Rachel. (Collins) Baring had been obliged to forego making friends. (Wilson)