Separate the gerund and past participle in the sentence... smoking is injurious to health
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Non-finite verbs are those verb that do not show tense. They do not occur as 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 C is correct. In sentence 1, "smoking" is a gerund and thus, is a non-finite verb. Gerunds are those non-finite verbs which are actually modifications of the verb as a noun. "Smoking" is a gerund - a modified verb that is functions as a noun. In sentence 2, "mangled" is a past participle. Participles are those non-finite verbs which are modifications of the verb in such a way that they become adjectives, that is, they describe another noun in the given sentence. Thus "mangled" is a past participle used as an adjective to describe the pair of sunglasses. It is a non-finite verb.