The difference between finite verb formsand non-finite verb formsis that finite verb forms have tense and can occur as the verb of a main clause, while non-finite verbs don't and can't.
Having visited the meeting she hurried to the hospital. (hurried= finite verb form, having visited= non-finite verb form)
1 Identify the appropriate non-finite verb forms.
AInfinitive 0 1 The best part of living is loving and giving.
BGerund 0 2 Lose an hour in the morning, and you will
CParticiple spend all day looking for it.
0 3 Lost time is never found again.
0 4 To be or not to be, that is the question.
2 Group up the sentences (1-12) according to the columns.
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1 It was a case of going without our tea or taking water from the river.
2 We go to the play for the acting.
3 Every theatrical production consists of a number of players acting imaginary characters.
4 His acting of the part of Hamlet was most convincing.
5 Besides making a mistake he tried to put the blame on others.
6 The extension of education partly depends on the training of teachers.
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7 The building of this canal meant the flooding of a number of regions along the Don.
8 My running here and there with unseeing eyes ended by my falling into a large heap of something soft and powdery, which I sensed must be brick dust used for building.
9 Various germs of poison would be killed by the boiling.
10 Mr Teen spoke to us in a threatening and loud tone.
11 When tired of working, he only leaned back in his chair and sat immobile for a while.
12 I don't like your boasting.
3 Open the brackets and use the Gerund, the Present Participle or the Infinitive with or without particle 'to'.
1 Stop ... (make) that dreadful noise.
2 I like ... (bathe) in the sea.
3 Yesterday I started ... (make) a new bookcase.
4 I should like ... (see) him tomorrow.
5 Would you mind ... (open) the door for me?
6 He was made .. (do) his work again.
7 What made you ... (say) that?
8 I look forward to ... (see) Tom again.
9 I prefer ... (skate) to ... (ski).
10 You should give up ... (smoke) too much.
4 Choose Participle I or Participle II of the verbs below (1-5) to make the sentences complete.
Example: 0 distress a The news was distressing.
b The lost boys' parents were suffering great pain, they felt so distressed.
1 interest a Alice got ....
b The film was ....
2 exhaust a He was working hard and was .... b The job was really ....
3 bore a The film was so dull, we all felt ....
b She finds opera ....
4 embarrass a I find the situation ....
b We all felt ....
5 excite a The children were ....
b The performance was so ... .
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