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Now, identify the non-finites in these sentences.
1. The drowning/drowned man is still trying stayed/to stay afloat
2. The army is exercising its right shooting/to shoot the enemy.
3. The man’s family must be finding/to find it hard to get over his sudden demise.
4. To travel/To travelled to the corners of the world has been my dream.
5. Will you be going rafted/rafting when you visit Rishikesh?
6. He was supposed shooting/to shoot the ball to the right of the goalkeeper.
Time to learn new words
You have learnt that a base word can stand alone and has meaning. A prefix is a word part added
to the beginning of the base word to create a new word and a suffix is a word part added to the
end of a word to create a new word. For example,
Word Prefix Base word Suffix
midnight mid night
wonderful wonder ful
Each of these words has a suffix and a prefix. Divide each into base word, prefix
and suffix.
Word Prefix Base word Suffix
1. unfaithful + +
2. reusable + +
3. unremarkable + +
4. rechargeable + +
5. unhelpful + +
6. reorganisation + +
7. unexpected + +
8. disrespectful + +
9. impossibly + +
10. disloyalty + +
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