Identify the non-finite verbs in these sentences. Mention whether they are gerunds, participles
or infinitives.
1. I won't let you go.
2. Having recovered from my illness, I reported back to duty today.
3. Cooking for a hundred people is child's play for Sita and her team.
4. Being very annoyed with their behaviour, she left the meeting in a huff.
5. Collecting vintage cars is this man's hobby.
6. At the fair, I saw a little girl crying for her parents.
7. I would like to meet your friends today.
8. Singing along to the song playing on the radio, Shweta went about her day.
9. Dancing is her way to relax at the end of a long day.
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Answer:
Non-Finite Verbs
Just when we thought we had verbs figured out, we’re brought face-to-face with a new animal: non-finite verbs. These words look similar to verbs we’ve already been talking about, but they act quite different from those other verbs.
By definition, a non-finite verb cannot serve as the main verb in an independent clause. In practical terms, this means that they don’t serve as the action of a sentence. They also don’t have a tense. While the sentence around them may be past, present, or future tense, the non-finite verbs themselves are neutral. There are three types of non-finite verbs: gerunds, participles, and infinitives.
Gerunds
Gerunds all end in -ing: skiing, reading, dancing, singing, etc. Gerunds act like nouns and can serve as subjects or objects of sentences. They can be created using active or helping verbs:
I like swimming.
Being loved can make someone feel safe.
Do you fancy going out?
Having read the book once before makes me more prepared.
Often the “doer” of the gerund is clearly signaled:
We enjoyed singing yesterday (we ourselves sang)
Tomás likes eating apricots (Tomás himself eats apricots)
However, sometimes the “doer” must be overtly specified, typically in a position immediately before the non-finite verb:
We enjoyed their singing.
We were delighted at Bianca being awarded the prize.
Answer:
1. go/verb-infinitives
2.having recovered/present particples
3.cooking/gerunds
4.being very annoyed/present particples
5.collecting/gerunds
6.crying/present particples
7.meet/infinite
8.singing/gerunds
9.dancing/gerunds