NON-FINITE VERBS
A. Underline the non-finite verbs in the following sentences.
1. My mother has told me to clean my room.
2. I like reading novels that are about crimes and detectives.
3. Rafia's teacher told him to read out his essay to the class.
4. Having lived in the village all his life, Akmal had never seen a mall before.
5. Cycling is a good form of exercise.
B. Underline the wrong verbs in the following sentences and write the correct words in
the blanks provided.
1. The man who live next to my house is very old.
2. My friend have already seen this movie.
3. Shayan's group of friends are a large one.
4. Most of the books I read is detective stories.
5. Areej practise for the competition every day....
Answers
Answer:
Non-finite verbs are those verbs that do not show tense. They do not occur as the main verbs of a sentence or clause. In fact, non-finite verbs are used to perform the functions of other forms of words like adjectives, nouns, or adverbs. Examples include infinitives, gerunds, and participles.
Option A is correct. In the given sentence, "crumpled" is a past participle. Participles are those non-finite verbs which are modifications of the verb in such a way that they become adjectives, and they describe another noun in the sentence. Thus "crumpled" is a past participle used as an adjective to describe the letter. It is a non-finite verb.
Options B is incorrect as "took" is a finite verb. It exhibits tense, namely, Simple past tense.
Option C is incorrect because crumpled is a non-finite verb, but "took" is not. It is a finite verb.
Option D is incorrect because "from" is not a verb. It is a preposition.