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Question
Say whether the words underlined are infinitives/participles or gerunds.
The athletes wanted to take part in the running race.
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Solution
- to take: Infinitive
- running: Participle
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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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- The Army attempted unsuccessfully to ______ the government. (throw)
- Scientists are on the brink of a major ______ in cancer research. (break)
- The State Government plans to build a ______ for Bhubaneswar to speed up traffic on the main highway. (pass)
- Gautama’s ______ on life changed when he realised that the world is full of sorrow. (look)
- Rakesh seemed unusually ______ after the game. (cast)
Phrasal verbs are “multi-word verbs”. These verbs consist of a basic verb + another word or words. The other word (s) can be prepositions and/or adverbs that modify or change their meaning. For example ‘give up’ is a phrasal verb that means ‘stop doing’ something, which is very different from ‘give’. In the article that you have just read there are a few phrasal verbs like :
- pull off : Manage to do something difficult or tricky/to steer or turn a vehicle off the road
- roll down : roll down (something) or roll (something) down : to move (something) down especially by turning handle
- head for : to go or cause to go (towards)
- woke up : arose from sleep/realized
Now look through the unit of Health and Medicine, figure out the phrasal verbs that you come across and list them.
Underline the verbs in the sentence and say whether it is Transitive (needing an Object) or Intransitive (need not have an Object).
The flower comes to life only for a day.
Underline the verbs in the sentence and say whether it is Transitive (needing an Object) or Intransitive (need not have an Object).
It smiles and dances
Say whether the Verbs underlined in the sentence are finite (limited by the number or person of the subject) or non-finite (not governed by the subject, number or person).
He gave the reward to none.
Pick out from the lesson the Verb form of:
liberty
Say whether the words underlined are infinitives/participles or gerunds.
Would you like to eat at the dinning table?
Say whether the words underlined are infinitives/participles or gerunds.
Listening and speaking sharpen your language skills.
Complete the word chain of 'verbs'. Add four words, each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
eat → ______, ______, ______, ______
Write any two present participles in which the last letter is doubled.
