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प्रश्न
Now put the verbs you have just filled in above, in column A (verbs marked+) and B (verbs marked*) below.
| COLUMN A (verbs marked +) | COLUMN B (verbs marked*) |
| Non-finites |
Study the verbs given in Column A and Column B. How do they differ from each other?
The verbs in Column A are not controlled by the number, person and tense of their subject. Therefore, they are ...............
The verbs in Column B are controlled by the number, person and tense of their subject. Therefore, they are ...............
What are the verbs in Column A called (Write in the box below)?
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उत्तर
| COLUMN A (verbs marked +) | COLUMN B (verbs marked*) |
|
Watching, landing,running, stealing, peering,climb (climbing), searching. seeing to stay |
saw, ran , took, flew |
The verbs in Column A are not controlled by the number, person and tense of their subject. Therefore, they are non-finites.
The verbs in Column B are controlled by the number, person and tense of their subject. Therefore, they arefinites.
| Non-finites |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the items given below. Some are sentences and have a finite verb. Others are phrases and have a non-finite verb. Write [S] for sentences and [P] for phrases in the boxes provided.
1. Subroto is playing with my brother. .........
2. Playing the piano ........
3. Trees fallen on the road .......
4. Rohan fell down and hurt himself. ........
5. The medals won by our house ..........
6. This year we won the gold medal. .........
7. Hanging on a silver chain ........
8. Sheetal is hanging the decorations in the room. ......
9. It is impossible to ignore the beggars on the roads. ........
10. Ignoring my warnings ........
11. I swim for an hour daily. .......
12. To swim in the pool. .........
Look at the pictures and complete the story below them, using an appropriate form of one of the verbs in the box below.

| look, | watch, | view, | steal, | find, |
| jump, | climb, | run, | search, | live, |
| stay, | land, | peer, | speed |
One night Bhola, while + ____________the sky from his verandah,
heard a strange sound. Just about + _____________in the forest nearby was a
spacecraft. Next day the people of the town were +________ away from
their homes, frightened by the strange creatures who had landed in their
midst. The intruders ran all over the town, +_________ food, money
and all that they could lay their hands on. Scared out of his wits, Bhola hid in
the bushes. +__________ through his binoculars, Bhola* ________one of
the intruders +_______ into a box. On +_______ a small mouse
+_________ out of the box, the intruder* _______off in terror. This gave
Bhola an idea. He spent the next day+________ for mice.
Next morning Bhola* ________ a cage full of mice to the spacecraft
and set them free. On+ ________ the mice, the intruders were
too frightened + ________on Earth any longer, and they
* ______ in their spacecraft immediately.
Fill in the blanks using the correct from of the words given in the box
below.
When the teacher caught the boy _________ in the examination, he stood there _____________and ___________ .____________the loud admonition of the teacher, the headmaster rushed in. The boy started to cry ________ that he would be expelled from the school. ___________ the situation very quickly, the
headmaster asked the boy to follow him to his room.
| fear, cheat, hear, assess, quiver, tremble |
Now combine the following pair of sentence using a suitable verb in its
'ing' form.
We tried to enter the pavilion. The police prevented us.
Give the solution to the problem below using the 'ing' form or the verb.
Make the solution as unusual as possible.
There's a fly in my soup.
Give the solution to the problem below using the 'ing' form or the verb.
Make the solution as unusual as possible.
My car isn't starting.
Explain the following sign using to+ verb :

________________________________________
Give the solution to the problem below using the 'ing' form or the verb.
Make the solution as unusual as possible.
A man is trying to steal my ear!
Give the solution to the problem below using the 'ing' form or the verb.
Make the solution as unusual as possible.
I have a headache.
Work in pair. One of you will ask the question, the other will give the answer with the help of the clue in bracket. Write down in the spaces provided.
- Why is Raju going abroad? (visit his sister)
- ______________________________________________
Work in pair. One of you will ask the question, the other will give the answer with the help of the clue in bracket. Write down in the spaces provided.
- Why did you travel by bus? (save money)
- ____________________________________________
Provide suitable headlines for the following news items. In your headlines, use the past participle form or appropriate verbs.
| LYON (France): Playing in his first tournament since walking off the court in the Davis Cup in Brazil, top-seeded Thomas Muster was beaten in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix by American Chris Woodruff, 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday. |
NEW DELHI: A man allegedly posing as a police officer from Punjab was arrested by Chandni Chowk police on Tuesday. Harinder Sharma had introduced himself as a superintendent of police from Amritsar to a police official at the Chandni Chowk police station. He wanted to see records to get details of how many militants had been arrested by the police. |
| NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has said that the job of reporting court proceedings should be assigned only to journalists having experience of legal reporting. |
RAIGANJ (West Bengal): Nine persons, including one woman and two children, were roasted alive and 65 others suffered serious bums when a mob of about one thousand people torched 156 houses at Bhangapara village under Karanighi police station in north Dinajpur district on Thursday. |
Rewrite the following sentences making the necessary changes so that they convey the intended meaning:
1. Having bitten the postman, the farmer decided to punish the dog.
2. Being a rainy day, the organizers decided to postpone the match.
3. Being fond of sweets, we planned to gift Mazy a big box of chocolates on her
birthday.
4. Having finished his work for the day, the supervisor let him leave the
factory early.
5. Riding on a horse, the tiger jumped at him.
Correct the following sentence :
- They are counting on me playing for their team.
'Remember to do' and 'Remember doing'
Study the examples given below.
(a) I must remember to take my science book.
(b) I remember meeting you in the park.
Some verbs might take either form depending on their meaning.
Which sentence refers to something which actually happened?
___________________________________________________________________
Which sentence refers to something which hasn't actually happened?
__________________________________________________________________________
Correct the following sentence :
- I am hopeful to secure full marks in the Mathematics paper.
Make a list of four things you remember doing as a young child •
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
Now, make a list of things you must remember to do this coming week •
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
A student has written a letter to Sagarika Sen asking for advice. Complete the letter using appropriate non-finites(· ing, - ed, and to +verb form)
Dear Sagarika Sen,
I am a Class XII student. My exams are a few months away and I need ______all
my time to my studies. But whenever I start____________ in the morning, a friend
of mine who is in the same class comes to my house. He stays for about 30
minutes and keeps__________ all kinds of nonsense. I feel very _______ as it hampers my studies at the start of the day.
Please advise me how I can ensure that he never comes to my house while I am
busy________ for my examination. How can I ask him _________away without hurting him?
Som Shankar Lahir
Kolkata
Here is the advice that Sagarika Sen has given to Som Shankar. Complete the letter using non-finites:
Dear Som Shankar,
The easy way out would be__________ your servant to say that you are not at home, or that you have left strict instructions that you are not___________ at any cost. If you feel that your friend would be offended by this, then tell him that your parents do not approve of your_______ and_____ when you should be spending your time______ . Explain to him how you are getting_______ (by you parents) because he wants ___ time with you.
But please make it clear that your parents do not disapprove of him. (It's just, at the moment, they would rather want you to spent your time _______).
Once the exams are over, he would be welcome to your house any time. But, for now, he should stay away.
Sagarika Sen
(Source: The Telegraph Weekend, 5/ 10/96)
