Question

Pick out the non -finite verbs in the following sentence Climbing a steep mountain is an exciting experience​

Answer 1

Answer:

The verbs that do not explain the tense of the sentence and do not agree with the subject are called non-finite verbs. Non-finite verbs are usually infinitives, gerunds and participles.

Option A - 'Is' explains to us that the sentence is in the present tense. It is a finite verb. Hence, option A is incorrect.

Option C - 'Rather' is an adverb and not a verb, hence it can definitely not be a non-finite verb. Hence, option C is incorrect.

Option D - 'Than' is used as a preposition and a conjunction, and not as a verb. Hence, option D is incorrect.

Option B - Though 'sleeping' is the participle form of the verb it doesn't explain the tense of the sentence and it doesn't even agree with the subject. Hence, option B is the correct answer.

Answer 2

The words Climbing and exciting are present participles, the non-finite verbs.

More to know:

• Gerunds all end in -ing: skiing, reading, dancing, singing, etc. Gerunds act like nouns and can serve as subjects or objects of sentences.

• A participle is is used as an adjective or an adverb. There are two types of participle in English: the past and present participles.