Non Finites Flashcards
A verb which has sub shows tense and number is called
Finite,
I want to eat an apple
She wants to eat an apple
He wanted to eat an apple
Want, wants , wanted finite vetb
To eat is non finite it does not change with sub and tense. In all cases it’s same
I like swimming
He likes swimming
She liked swimming
Types of non finite
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participle
Infinitive
To inifinitive to + v1
Plain or bare infinitive v1
gerund
To + v1
Agree he agreed to help me
Happy iam very happy to meet you
Need( you need not go there
Hope we hope to win the match
Decide he decided to resign the job
Want I wanted to meet him
Eager we are eager to meet you
Fail
Easy
Manage
Hesitate don’t hesitate to ask
Promise he promised to help me
Wait
Expect
Refuse
Glad
Easy continue demand plan
When infinitive is used to express manner or method
How to + v1
Know I know how to cook food
Explain I will explain you how to solve the problem
Teach he taught me how to speak english
Discover
Wonder
Show I will show you how to do this experiment
Ask he asked me how to reach there
Remember
Forget
Following verbs when used in active voice take a plain infinitive v1 after them
Bid she bade me go
Feel I feel her touch me
Watch
Make he made me wait for 2 hours
Let
Help I will help you get a job
Hear
Dare how dare you talk me like that
Notice i didn’t notice him go
observe I observed him play
See
Had better, would rather, had rather, sooner than
Only plain infinitive v1
You had better go by train
I would rather die than beg
I would sooner resign than serve in these conditions
I had rather go home than stay out tooo late
Had better, would rather, had rather, sooner than
Only plain infinitive v1
You had better go by train
I would rather die than beg
I would sooner resign than serve in these conditions
I had rather go home than stay out tooo late
BET RULE
BUT she did nothing but cry
EXCEPT she had nothing eat except drink water
THAN she did more than sleep the whole day
ALL ARE followed by bare infinitive
I had him to know his fault
Sub + have / has /had + noun / pronoun
Follows plain infinitive
I had him know his fault
I will have him realize his mistake
I asked him to carefully carry the bag
Split infinitive rule
To should not be separated from it verb by inserting any adverb b/w to + v1 the split infinitive is grammetically wrong
I asked him carefully to carry the bag
Which one called verbal noun
Gerund
Swimming is a good exercise
Smoking is injurious to health
Reading is my hobby
Verb is used as noun is called gerund
He is desirous of getting a good job
He prevented me from going to a movie
If a verb comes after a preposition it should be gerund form
Prep + V4
Direct gerund
In this cases no preposition is used, direct gerund
Avoid I avoid meeting him these days
Can’t help i could not help laughing at him
Enjoy I enjoy reading books
Stop he stopped me from entering the classroom
Prefer I prefer reading books to watching movie
Love he loves spending time with his children
Hate I hate wasting time
Imagine I can’t imagine doing such a job
Deny he denied stealing the ourse
Remember I remember meeting him along ago
Mind I don’t mind asking him to get out
Finish He finished writing the novel
Appreciate
Resist
Postpone
Practice
Consider
It is no use
Admit
Averse to
Addicted to
Be form + used to
Accustomed to
To + gerund
Be form + used to here it has be form in that used no be form
I am used to getting up early ( nenu alavatau paddanu mrng legadaniki naku kastam em kadu)
She is accustomed to sitting long hours
Iam averse to wasting time
We are used to working hard
He is addicted to drinking
He came here with a view to mueeting me
I addition to
Owing to
Devoted to
Look forward to
