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प्रश्न
Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence is finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number, or person).
‘‘Forgive me.’’
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उत्तर
Finite.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Now fill in the blanks in the sentences given below by combining the verb given in brackets with one of the words from the box as appropriate.
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over |
by |
through |
out |
up |
down |
(i) The Army attempted unsuccessfully to ___________ the government. (throw)
(ii) Scientists are on the brink of a major ___________in cancer research. (break)
(iii) The State Government plans to build a ______________for Bhubaneswar to speed up traffic on the main highway. (pass)
(iv) Gautama’s ____________on life changed when he realised that the world is full of sorrow. (look)
(v) Rakesh seemed unusually _______________ after the game. (cast)
Notice the highlighted words in the following sentences.
1. “When I leave,’ Sophie said, coming home from school, “I’m going to have a boutique.”
2. Jansie, linking arms with her along the street, looked doubtful.
3. “I’ll find it,” Sophie said, staring far down the street.
4. Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy.
5. And she turned in through the open street door leaving Jansie standing in the rain.
– When we add “ing” to a verb we get the present participle form. The present participle form is generally used along with forms of “be’, (is, was, are, were, am) to indicate the continuous tense as in “Sophie was coming home from school.”
– We can use the present participle by itself without the helping verb, when we wish to indicate that an action is happening at the same time as another.
– In example 1, Sophie “said” something. “Said”, here, is the main action.
– What Sophie was doing while she was “saying” is indicated by “coming home from school”. So we get the information of two actions happening at the same time. We convey the information in one sentence instead of two.
I. Analyse the other examples in the same way.
II. Pick out five other sentences from the story in which present participles are used in this sense.
Underline the verbs in the sentence and say whether it is Transitive (needing an Object) or Intransitive (need not have an Object).
It leaves me in complete awe.
Say whether the verb underlined in the sentence is finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number, or person).
The hermit was digging the ground.
Pick out the infinitives/ gerunds/ participles from the following sentence and state what one is.
I don’t like frightening stories.
Underline the gerund/present participles/infinitive.
We need to bring down life images down to earth and plan to execute our strategies.
Complete the following word chain of verbs.
grow → ______ → ______ → ______ → ______.
In the following sentences, the underlined words are called infinitives. Find such examples from the speech and underline the infinitives.
- Every child is free to grow.
- I refuse to accept that all the laws and constitutions, police, and judges are unable to protect our children.
- ________________________
- ________________________
- ________________________
- ________________________
Pick out the infinitives from the following sentence.
He would teach me to write whole sentences and to add numbers.
Governments are starting programmes ______ (teach) adults how to read and write.
