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10 Non-finite Verbs

Warm-up

Identify the non-finite verbs in these sentences.

1. I love camping.
2. Seeing is believing.

3. I want to go to Brazil.

4. He had to leave urgently.

5. We ate our roasted peanuts.

6. I want to buy you a present.

7. I plan to clean my room today.

8. I stepped on the sleeping cat by mistake.

9. I tiptoed into the room so as not to wake anyone.

10. The newborn elephant calf struggled to stand.

A non-finite verb is a form of a verb that does not show tense and number in an
independent clause or a sentence.

In English, the non-finite verb forms are infinitives, participles and gerunds.
Let us learn more about them.

Infinitives

Read these sentences. Pay attention to the highlighted phrases.

y The Principal wants to talk to you.
y I had enough to eat.
y I have to go to Amritsar for a day.

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