10 examples for finite and nonfinite verbs
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Answer:
Finite verbs: is watching, kicked, played, doing, danced, sang, hit, slept, talking, blabbering.
Non-finite verb:to go, crying (baby), frightened(people), reading(used as a noun), falling(pole), to buy, to study, to win, to rock, to get.
Explanation:
In the following sentences (all lines from well-known movies), the finite verbs are indicated in bold.
"We rob banks." — Clyde Barrow in "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967
"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." — Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991
"A boy's best friend is his mother." — Norman Bates in "Psycho," 1960
"We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!" — Withnail in "Withnail and I," 1986
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and...blow." — Marie "Slim" Browning in "To Have and Have Not," 1944
"Get busy living, or get busy dying." — Andy Dufresne in "The Shawshank Redemption," 1994