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Let’s study grammar
Read these sentences. Notice the highlighted words.
Muninder Shekhawat was a man who loved to travel especially to places that
had strange and captivating stories as their claim to fame—haunted caves,
deserted villages, submerged cities or even lost ships.
He recalled reading a news item about the actor Rana Daggubati playing a
scientist trying to decode the disappearance of the Vijli.
In these sentences, the underlined words are finite verbs. And the highlighted
words are non-finite verbs.
A non-finite verb does not show any tense, person or number. There are three types
of nonfinite verbs—infinitives, participles and gerunds.
In the above sentences –
infinitives – to travel; to decode
participles – captivating, trying (present participle); haunted, deserted, submerged
(past participle)
gerund – reading; playing
Identify the non-finite verbs in these sentences and mention their types.
1. To travel the world is my dream.
2. She enjoys swimming in the ocean.
3. Running late, he hurried to catch the bus.
4. They decided to start the project next week.
5. Baking cookies is her favorite hobby.
6. He has a lot of work to do before the deadline.
7. The broken vase lay on the floor.
8. Having finished his homework, he went out to play.
9. She looked forward to meeting her friends at the café.
10. To understand the lesson, you need to study regularly.
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