Non-Finite Verbs Flashcards
Infinitive
To+v1
To be+v3
To be+v4
Subject and object
Gerund
V+ing
Subject and object
Participle
V+ing
Verb and adjective(action in progress)
Infinitives rule no 1
Verbs followed by infinitives -
agree,happy,desire,need,dare,hope,expect,decede,want,wish,refuse,eager,fail,glad,happy,heard,easy
Infinitives rule no 2
How+imfinitive- manner/method
-know,learn,explain,teach,discover,wonder,show,ask,remember,forget
Infinitives rule no 3
*For+gerund-action showing cause of action in the past
*For+gerund-showing purpose for which the subject is used
*For+noun-used for purpose in place of to+verb when verb act as noun
Infinitives rule no 4
Direct infinitives
-need and dare used as auxiliaries in negative and interrogative sentences
-after verbs - let,bid,make,watch,see,know,help,feel,hear(only in active voice)
-after phrases - had better,had rather,would better,would rather,as soon,sooner than,why,why not.
-used after - FANBOYS
-Have+object
-Won’t+have+object+gerund
Infinitives rule no 5
Perfect infinitives
-when infinitives expressed action precedded the verb action
-deny,confess,admit,recollect,remember,recall,claim,regret,seem,appear,report,believe,understand,say,allege,suspect,learn,require,suppose.
Infinitives rule no 6
Split infinitives
To + v1 should not be splitted
Infinitives rule no 7
Continuous infinitives after
-appear,seem,believe,consider,think,report,happen,arrange,hope,pretend,say
-may be,might be,should be,could be,must be..
Gerund rule no 1
Preposition+gerund
Gerund rule no 2
Direct gerund
-verbs
-phrasal verb-giveup,put off,set about
Gerund rule no 3
To+gerund
-addicted to,averse to,in addiction to,be used to,with a view to,devoted to,object to,owing to,given to,taken to,disposed to,prone to
Gerund rule no 4
The noun or pronoun before gerund shiuld be in possessive case
Participle rule no 1
Present participle should be used only to express action that coincides with finite verb
