17.
FINITE AND NON-FINITE VERBS
Page: 108
Let’s Get Started:
Complete the sentences with verbs of your choice:
This summer, I will learn to swim.
When the baby is hungry, it will cry.
A. Identify the verbs in these sentences. Circle the finite verbs and
underline the non-finite verbs:
1. were looking – finite
2. looking, touching – non-finite; prohibited – finite
3. plucking – non-finite; should be – finite
4. to be – non-finite; wants – finite
5. couldn’t solve – finite
6. is attending – finite
7. was – finite; to cross – non-finite
8. practised – finite; to pass – non-finite
9. encouraged – finite; to pursue – non-finite
10. began – finite; to purr – non-finite
B. Fill in the blanks with infinitives:
1. Let us go for a walk.
2. How dare you talk back to me!
3. Do we dare disturb her now?
4. The teacher wanted to meet the parents.
5. She hopes to find a suitable house for her parents.
6. Let the guard check the car.
7. My younger sister likes to help out at an old age home.
8. My mother demanded to know what was bothering me.
9. I love to dance.
10. The twins can speak both English and French.
C. Underline the Participles in these sentences and state their type:
1. talking – Present Participle
2. Having lost – Perfect Participle
3. broken – Past Participle
4. neglected – Past Participle
5. planning – Present Participle
6. having risen – Perfect Participle
7. walking – Present Participle
8. floating – Present Participle
D. Rewrite these sentences after placing the Participles in the correct
positions. Add other necessary words:
1. While sitting on the gate, he was bitten by a snake.
2. While crossing the road, the old woman was hit by the car.
3. While returning from Dubai, he lost his luggage.
4. Hissing loudly, the cat scratched her.
5. While copying slyly, the student was caught by the invigilator.
6. The sea raging with choppy waters, the fishermen were warned not to go
into it.
7. I gifted a book bound in leather to my friend on his birthday.
8. Wearing my prescription glasses, I saw the tiger clearly.
9. She bought coffee mugs made of porcelain from the mall.
E. Identify the Gerunds and the Present Participles in these sentences:
1. Barking dogs seldom bite. (Present Participle)
2. I saw the thief running across the street. (Present Participle)
3. Collecting stamps is an interesting hobby. (Gerund)
4. Flying kites is a fun activity associated with Makar Sankranti. (Gerund)
5. Eating cold watermelon on a hot day is a good way to keep cool.
(Gerund)
6. Sangeeta has annoying neighbours who play loud music all the time.
(Present Participle)
7. Arriving early, Minisha sat in the first row. (Present Participle)
8. John, feeling tired after a basketball practice, slept on the sofa.
(Perfect Participle)
9. Putting too many clothes in the washing machine may cause it to stop
working. (Gerund)
F. Rewrite the sentences using Gerunds in place of infinitives. You may
have to change some words.
1. The state encourages recycling.
2. Jogging is my hobby.
3. Getting up early in the morning is preferred by some people.
4. Finding my car keys in this mess is a challenge.
5. Travelling around the world requires a lot of money.
6. Will you continue working after relocating to the new city?
7. Mr Kumar likes inviting people for dinner.
8. Helping people in times of need is noble.
G. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words. State
whether they are being used as Gerunds or Participles:
1. She is happy with her daughter for getting selected for the job.
(Participle)
2. My mother insisted on my joining German classes in the evening.
(Gerund)
3. There is no chance of the film starting on time. (Participle)
4. Can you imagine her cheating us? (Gerund)
5. I’m annoyed by the chirping bird outside the window. (Participle)
6. The doctor objects to his eating junk food. (Gerund)
7. Agreeing to forward the link to me was helpful on her part. (Gerund)
8. We got to know the time by the chiming of the clock. (Participle)
