Finite verbs:
· It has a subject and it shows tense.
· It changes according to the change in the subject.
· It is an action word.
· For example:
- You promised me the last ticket.
- I am excited about going to the amusement park.
- I went for a walk around the park.
Non-finite verbs:
· It doesn’t show tense.
· It doesn’t act like a verb.
· It can be in the base form of the verb used with the word ‘to’.
· It can act as a noun when used with ‘-ing’ participle.
· For example:
- It took courage to continue after the accident
- Leaving home can be very traumatic.
Participles:
· It is a form of verb which is used as an adjective.
· It can end with ‘-ing’ or ‘-ed’ or the other participle forms. But it is always an adjective.
· For example:
- The rising sun is the best thing to watch.
- Used shoes are good for nothing.
- Written letters always reminds you of someone.
Gerund:
· This looks exactly the same as a present participle, and for this reason it is now common to call both forms 'the -ing form'.
· However it is useful to understand the difference between the two.
· The gerund always has the same function as a noun (although it looks like a verb)
· It is an ‘-ing’ for of the verb which can be used:
· Subject of the sentence:
- Killing people is not good.
· Compliment of the ‘to be’ verbs
- The best thing in the world is loving mother.
· After preposition
- She is good at painting.
· after a number of 'phrasal verbs' which are composed of a verb + preposition/adverb
- I look forward to hearing from you soon.
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