Non-Finite Verb: āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

Notice Something Unfinished About The Following Expression? (āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ?):

" 'Non-finite Verb' āĻŦāĻž 'āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž' āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧ⧈āĻ°ā§āϝ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāχ āĻĒ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ• āϘāĻžāϟāĻžāϘāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡...”

āĻ•āĻŋ, āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϞ⧋ āύāĻž āϤ⧋, āϤāĻžāχ āύāĻž???


Exactly! āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Non-finite Verb āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰāĻ“ āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻšāϞ⧋ āύāĻž!!!


āĻāχ āϧāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ Gerund, Infinitive āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Participle āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āφāϰ āĻāχ Gerund, Infinitive āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Participle āĻšāϞ⧋ Non-finite Verb āĻāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āϰ⧂āĻĒ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤ Non-finite Verb āĻāϰ āĻāχ āϰ⧂āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

Let’s complete the above expression with a Finite Verb.
āϚāϞ⧁āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ “Finite Verb” āĻŦāĻž “āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžâ€ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ:

" 'Non-finite Verb' āĻŦāĻž 'āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž' āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧ⧈āĻ°ā§āϝ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāχ āĻĒ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ• āϘāĻžāϟāĻžāϘāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāϤāĻž āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ ”

āĻ•āĻŋ, āĻāĻ–āύ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϞ⧋ āϤ⧋? āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϚāϞ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

"To learn the 'Non-finite Verb', you have to understand its depth by patiently practicing day after day, searching through books, feeling a little discouraged, and getting lost in the ocean of knowledge."

Definition of Non-Finite Verb: āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž

Non-Finite Verb āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ (subject-āĻāϰ) āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϞ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (main verb) āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤

Non-Finite Verb āϕ⧇ “āĻ…-āϏāϏ⧀āĻŽ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžâ€ āĻŦāĻž “āĻ…āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžâ€ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĨ¤

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, āϝ⧇ Verb āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ Tense-āĻāϰ Structure-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĻž, āϏ⧇ Verb āϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āχ Non-Finite Verb āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž Non-Finite Verb āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ Tense, Number & Person āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ –

 

John likes to play tennis.                                                       

Skating is a risky game for children.

While passing though the street I saw a laughing girl.

Examples of Non-Finite Verb: āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ

Examples with explanation:

  • I want to prepare food. (āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĨ¤)
    āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “to prepare” (“āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇”) āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Non-Finite Verb āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϝāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤Â 
  • Reading is my favorite activity. (āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϜāĨ¤)
    āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “reading” (“āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž”) āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Non-Finite Verb āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ subject āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĨ¤

Check Your Understanding: Non-Finite Verb

What is the non-finite verb in the sentence?

John likes to play tennis.


Identify the non-finite verb in the sentence:

Reading is my favorite activity.


Which part of the sentence contains a participle?

While passing through the street, I saw a laughing girl.


What is the infinitive in this sentence?

She decided to study abroad.


Which of the following is a non-finite verb?


Which of the following sentences contains a gerund?


What is the non-finite verb in the sentence?

To learn English is challenging but fun.


Identify the type of non-finite verb in this sentence:

She saw a girl crying in the corner.


Which of the following sentences uses a gerund as the subject?


Which sentence contains an infinitive verb?

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