INFINITIVE is used:

 after certain VERBS such as agree, appear, decide, expect, hope, plan, promise, refuse, etc.
e.g. He promised to help us with the decorations.
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after ADJECTIVES which be/ look/ feel + adjective + full infinitive
a) describe feelings/ emotions (happy, glad, etc.) e.g. I was annoyed to hear that he had left.
b) express willingness/ unwillingness (willing, eager, reluctant, etc.) e.g. He is reluctant to help.
c) refer to the person’s character (mean, clever, brave, etc.) e.g. Joan was foolish not to accept their offer.
d) with the adjectives lucky and unfortunate e.g. I was lucky to have met him.
Note: With adjectives which refer to character we can also use an impersonal construction:
It+ be + adjective + of + noun/ pronoun e.g. It was clever of you not to believe them.
 with it +be +adjective (important, necessary, etc.)/noun (pleasure, nuisance, surprise, nightmare, etc.)+full infinitive
e. g. It is important to get there on time. It is her ambition to open her own shop.
 after be + the first/ the second/ etc. He was the first to arrive.
be + the next/ last/ best/ etc. He was the last to come to work.
be+ noun/ the only+ noun/ the only one(s) You are the only person (the only one) to complain.
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after too or enough
too + adj/adverb + full infinitive (negative) [= excessive] She's too old to drive a car. (negative)
adjective/adverb + enough + full infinitive (positive) He's old enough to drive a car. (positive)
enough + noun + full infinitive (positive) He's got enough money to get married. (positive)
have + enough + abstract noun is sometimes replaceable by have + the + noun + full infinitive
He had the courage to admit his mistake. = He had enough courage to admit his mistake.
(Note: the is optional before time: I haven’t the time to do it properly.)
Note: We never put an object after the infinitive in sentences like this. This bread is too stale to eat it. The pear is ripe enough to eat it.
“It” disappears in the infinitive construction because the infinitive though active in form is passive in meaning.
Sometimes either an active or a passive infinitive may be used: The plate is too hot to touch / to be touched.
However this is not always possible, so students are advised to stick to the active infinitive.
too + adjective/ adverb + for + noun/ pronoun + full infinitive
The case was too hot for a child to carry. vs. The case was too hot to be carried by a child.
too+ adjective + a + noun + full infinitive He is too experienced a conductor to mind what the critics say.
(= As a businessman, he is too experienced to mind what the critics say.)
 with so + adjective + as + full infinitive and such + a/an + noun + as + full infinitive
e.g. Would you be so kind as to help me with it? [so +adjective +a +noun+ as + full infinitive]
I’m not such a stupid fool as to put it in writing. vs. I’m not so stupid (a fool) as to put it in writing.
 to talk about an unexpected event which can be unpleasant or about an unsatisfactory result, usually with only, just or never
e.g. They ran to the front door only to realise their mother had already left. She was driven away never to revisit this neighbourhood.
 to express purpose
Pam left early (in order/ so as) to avoid the heavy traffic. (in order / so as + to infinitive are more emphatic and more formal)
Note: To make a negative sentence use in order/ so as + not+ to-infinitive (You can’t use a negative if you use only a to-infinitive !!!)
e.g. I carried the knife carefully in order/ so as not to cut myself. (not … carefully not to cut myself)
However, compare the following negative sentences with …(in order/ so as) to infinitive + but
e.g. I came to see you not (in order/ so as) to complain, but (in order/ so as) to apologize.
 after certain nouns and pronouns such as something, somewhere, anyone, nothing, etc.
to show that something is necessary or possible (Active and passive infinitives are both possible)
e.g. We’ve a lot of work to do. The carpets to be cleaned are in the garage.
If the subject of the clause is the person who has to do the action, active infinitives are used. e.g. I’ve got some letters to write.
If the subject is the person or thing that the action is done to, passive infinitives are normally used after “be”:
e.g. These sheets are to be washed (NOT These sheets are to wash.) But note the common expression to blame !
e.g. Nobody was to blame for the accident.
Active infinitives are possible in a structure with for: This form is for you to fill in.
In other cases, active and passive infinitives are often both possible with the same meaning.
There’s a lot of work to do/ to be done. Give me the names of the people to contact/ to be contacted.
NOTE: nothing to do vs. nothing to be done
I’m bored there is nothing to do. (= There are no entertainments.)
There’s nothing to be done – we’ll have to buy a new one. (= There is no way of putting it right.)
 after question words (who, where, what, etc.), which follow such verbs and expressions as to ask, decide, learn, .
find out, wonder, want to know, explain, etc. e.g. I don't know what to do.
Note: “Why” is followed by a subject + verb, not by an infinitive !!! e.g. I don’t know why he left.
 in the expression for+ noun/ pronoun + full infinitive e.g. For him to be so rude was unbelievable. .
 in expressions such as to tell you the truth, to cut a long story short, to be honest/fair, etc.