Read the following sentences and choose the finite verb from the given options: 3
1. We saw a clown standing on his head trying to do a daring stunt.
a) Standing
b) Trying
c) Do
d) Saw
2. We are planning to visit the thundering waterfalls and then go boating.
a) Thundering
b) Planning
c) To visit
d) Boating
3. The children, crying and exhausted, were guided out of the collapsed mine.
a) Collapsed
b) Exhausted
c) Crying
d) Guided
Answers
1. Directions: Pick out the finite verb in the given sentence.
'We saw a clown standing on his head trying to do a daring stunt.'
- saw
- standing
- trying
- do
- daring
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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Only those verbs that have a subject and indicate a tense are considered to be the finite verbs. In the given sentence, the verb 'saw' is finite since it has the subject - 'we'.
Answer:
1. We saw a clown standing on his head trying to do a daring stunt.
2. We are planning to visit the thundering waterfalls and then go boating.
3. The children, crying and exhausted, were guided out of the collapsed mine.
Explanation:
1. We saw a clown standing on his head trying to do a daring stunt.
Finite verbs are those that show agreement with subject, and could also be marked for tense.
Here, the verb 'trying' is in agreement with the subject "the standing clown", and marks the tense to be present.
2. We are planning to visit the thundering waterfalls and then go boating.
Here, from the definition of finite verbs, we can understand that the verb 'to visit' is in agreement with the subject "We", and marks the tense to be future continuous.
3. The children, crying and exhausted, were guided out of the collapsed mine.
This sentence is a compound one, because it has a clause in between another.
Here, the main clause is "The children were guided out of the collapsed mine", and thus, the finite verb is 'collapsed', since it is in agreement with the subject, and marks the tense to be past.
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