Finite verbs change their form when there is change in the number or person of the subject. They also have different forms in different tenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Non-finite verbs have the same form regardless of the number or person of the subject. There are three types of non-finites \u2013 gerunds<\/a>, infinitives<\/a> and participles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Identify the finite and non-finite verbs in the following sentences.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. I have always wanted to become a writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Not knowing what to do, I went to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. She requested me to help her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. I was not allowed to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. She insisted on coming with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Unable to bear the pain, he started screaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. I waited for them to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. My parents always encouraged us to think independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. I hate people telling me what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. I went to the university to meet my professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Swimming is good for health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. I can’t afford to buy that car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. I have always wanted to become a writer. (finite \u2013 have wanted; non-finite \u2013 to become)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Not knowing what to do, I went to bed. (finite \u2013 went; non-finite \u2013 knowing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. She requested me to help her. (finite \u2013 requested; non-finite \u2013 to help)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. I was not allowed to go. (finite \u2013 was not allowed; non-finite \u2013 to go)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. She insisted on coming with me. (finite \u2013 insisted; non-finite \u2013 coming)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Unable to bear the pain, he started screaming. (finite \u2013 started; non-finite \u2013 to bear)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. I waited for them to come. (finite \u2013 waited; non-finite \u2013 to come)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. My parents always encouraged us to think independently. (finite \u2013 encouraged; non-finite \u2013 to think)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. I hate people telling me what to do. (finite \u2013 hate; non-finite \u2013 telling)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. I went to the university to meet my professor. (finite \u2013 went; non-finite \u2013 to meet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Swimming is good for health. (finite \u2013 is; non-finite \u2013 swimming)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. I can’t afford to buy that car. (finite \u2013 can\u2019t afford; non-finite \u2013 to buy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Finite verbs change their form when there is change in the number or person of the subject. They also have different forms in different tenses. Non-finite verbs have the same form regardless of the...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[3146,3277,3191,3278],"class_list":["post-75499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-8-worksheets","tag-finite-and-non-finite-verbs-worksheet","tag-finite-verbs-worksheet","tag-non-finite-verbs-worksheet","tag-non-finites-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75500,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75499\/revisions\/75500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n