Verbs upper_intermediate hard
Infinitives, gerunds and participles — forms that do not show tense.
Verbs — Verb forms, modals and non-finite verbs.
1. Forms that do not show tense or agree with the subject: infinitive (to go), gerund (going), participles (going, gone). 2. They combine with finite verbs: I want to go. 3. Gerunds act like nouns: Swimming is fun. 4. Participles act like adjectives/adverbs: the running water.
Non-finite verbs never change for person or number: "He wants to go" and "They want to go" keep "to go" unchanged.
हिंदी में
Non-finite verb — infinitive (to go), gerund (going), participle (gone) — काल या कर्ता के अनुसार नहीं बदलती।
Q1. Which of these is non-finite?
Answer: to swim
💡 The infinitive is non-finite.
Q2. Which sentence has a gerund used as the subject?
Answer: Swimming is fun.
💡 In 'Swimming is fun', the gerund 'swimming' is the subject of the sentence.
Q3. He enjoys ___ (read) stories.
Answer: reading
💡 After 'enjoy' we use the gerund (-ing form): enjoys reading.
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Open Non-Finite Verbs lesson → Free practice — Sign up| Topic | Level | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Main & Helping Verbs | elementary | Main verbs carry meaning; helping verbs build tenses and questions. |
| Main Verbs | elementary | The main verb carries the core meaning of the verb phrase. |
| Helping Verbs | elementary | Helpers (be, have, do, will, can…) build tenses, questions and negatives. |
| Modal Verbs | intermediate | Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would — ability, permission, obligation, possibility. |
| Finite & Non-finite Verbs | upper_intermediate | Finite verbs show tense and agree with the subject; non-finite verbs do not. |
| Finite Verbs | upper_intermediate | Finite verbs show tense and agree with the subject. |
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