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Verbs: Non-Finite Forms

ICSE · Class 7 · English Language-Grammar

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Card 1Finite and non-finite verbs

What is a finite verb?

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A finite verb is a verb that is limited by the person and number of the subject. It also changes with tense. Example: He goes, They go.

Card 2Finite and non-finite verbs

What is a non-finite verb?

Answer

A non-finite verb is a verb not limited by person and number. It does not have any tense forms. Example: to study in He goes to the school to study.

Card 3Finite and non-finite verbs

How are finite verbs and bare infinitives different?

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A finite verb and a bare infinitive can look the same in form, but a finite verb changes with tense while a bare infinitive stays in the root form only. Example: stand can be a bare infinitive in The

Card 4Kinds of non-finite verbs

What are the three main groups of non-finite verbs?

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The three groups are: 1. Infinitive 2. Participle 3. Gerund. These are the main non-finite forms used in English grammar.

Card 5Infinitive

What is an infinitive?

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An infinitive is the to-verb form of a non-finite verb. It can be used with to or without to. Examples: to play, to have played, play.

Card 6Infinitive

What is a present infinitive?

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A present infinitive is the base to-verb form used for an action without showing time as completed. Examples: to steal, to forget, to write.

Card 7Infinitive

What is a perfect infinitive?

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A perfect infinitive shows an action completed earlier. Examples: to have stolen, to have forgotten, to have written.

Card 8Bare infinitive

What is a bare infinitive?

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A bare infinitive is an infinitive without to. It appears after modal auxiliaries, certain verbs like let, make, bid, dare, need, verbs of perception like see, hear, watch, know, feel, and expressions

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