Understanding Non-Finite Verbs

This video tutorial by Nidhi on Urban Diaries covers non-finite verbs, focusing on gerunds, participles, and infinitives. It explains their roles in sentences, provides examples, and offers exercises to help viewers identify these verbs. The video aims to enhance understanding of these grammar components, crucial for exams.

What are the three types of non-finite verbs discussed in the video?

• Prepositions, Interjections, and Articles

• Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

• Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives

• Verbs, Adverbs, and Conjunctions

In the sentence 'Running is a good exercise,' what part of speech is 'running'?

• Infinitive

• Gerund

• Participle

• Adjective

Which of the following sentences contains a present participle?

• I have been shopping for new clothes.

• A rolling stone gathers no moss.

• I want to swim in the pool.

• Running is a good exercise.

How can you recognize a gerund?

• It functions as an adjective.

• It is always preceded by 'to'.

• It always ends with 'ed'.

• It is a verb with 'ing' tagged to its tail.

In the sentence 'Reading enhances our knowledge,' what role does 'reading' play?

• Object

• Subject

• Adjective

• Adverb

What is the infinitive form of the verb 'learn'?

• Learning

• Learnt

• Learned

• To learn

In the sentence 'Vedant goes to the park to play,' what role does 'to play' serve?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

Which of the following is a present participle?

• Walking

• Walked

• To walk

• Walk

In the sentence 'We should drink boiled water,' what role does 'boiled' serve?

• Verb

• Noun

• Adverb

• Adjective

How is a perfect participle formed in the active voice?

• Verb + ing

• To + verb

• Having + verb third form

• Verb + ed