1. Past Participle: basic verb + 'ed'; past participles can be used in several ways, but one way is as an adjective to describe a noun Examples of Verb Forms: Below are some examples of the five verb forms for some additional regular verbs in English.
2. The verb 'to be' as an auxiliary verb (helping verb) Auxiliary verbs are verbs that are used together with the main verb of the sentence to express the action or state. Main verb + auxiliary verb = complete idea The verb 'to be' can be used as an auxiliary verb to express ongoing (continuing) actions. For example: Anna is eating a sandwich.

In English grammar, a nonfinite verb is a form of the verb that does not show a distinction in number, person, or tense, and normally cannot stand alone as the main verb in a sentence. Contrast that with a finite verb, which shows tense, number, and person.

The main types of nonfinite verbs are infinitives (with or without to), -ing forms (also known as present participles and gerunds) and past participles (also called -en forms).

Imperative Verbs: Definition and Examples. Use the root form of the verb to create the imperative. Consider the examples below: Give me that book! Clean your room! Do your homework. Take the dog for a walk, please. Don’t touch that! Do come to visit us whenever you’re in town.

Alien shooter game online. Except for modal auxiliaries, all verbs have nonfinite forms. A nonfinitephrase or clause is a word group that contains a nonfinite verb form as its central element.

Examples and Observations

In the revised edition of 'An Introduction to the Grammar of English,' Elly van Gelderen gives examples of sentences that include a nonfinite verb group (58 and 59, below), which are in italics:

(58) Seeing the ordinary as extraordinary is something we all like to do.
(59) She forgot to google them.

Van Gelderen explains that, in (58) above, 'seeing, is, like, and do are lexical verbs, but only is and like are finite. In (59), forgot and google are the lexical verbs, but only forgot is finite.'

Characteristics of Nonfinite Verbs

Nonfinite verb differs from finite verbs because they cannot always be used as the main verbs of clauses. A nonfinite verb normally lacks agreement for person, number, and gender with its first argument or subject.

According to 'The Theory of Functional Grammar' by Simon C. Dik and Kees Hengeveld, nonfinite verbs are 'unmarked or reduced with respect to distinctions of tense, aspect, and mood, and have certain properties in common with adjectival or nominal predicates.'

Types of Nonfinite Verb Forms

Three types of nonfinite verb forms exist in the English language: infinitives, gerunds, and participles.

According to Andrew Radford in 'Transformational Grammar: A First Course,' infinitive forms are comprised of the 'base or stem of the verb with no added inflection (such forms are frequently used after the so-called infinitive particle to.' Gerund forms, says Radford, comprise the base and also the -ing suffix. Participle forms generally comprise the base 'plus the -(e)n inflection (though there are numerous irregular participle forms in English).' In the examples Radford provides below, the bracketed clauses in (4) are nonfinite since they contain only nonfinite verb forms: The italicized verb in (4)(a) is an infinitive; in (4)(b) the italicized verb is a gerund; and in (4)(c) it is a (passive) participle:

(4)(a) I've never known [John (to) be so rude to anyone].
(4)(b) We don't want [it raining on your birthday].
(4)(c) I had [my car stolen from the car park].

Auxiliaries With Nonfinite Verbs

In the second edition of 'Modern English Structures: Form, Function, and Position,' Bernard T. O'Dwer says '[a]uxiliaries are required with nonfinite verbs' in order to 'mark nonfinite verb forms for tense, aspect, and voice, which nonfinite verbs cannot express.' Finite verbs, on the other hand, already mark themselves for tense, aspect, and voice.

According to O'Dwyer, when the auxiliary verb occurs with the nonfinite form of the verb, 'the auxiliary is always the finite verb.' If more than one auxiliary occurs, 'the first auxiliary is always the finite verb.'

Nonfinite Clauses

Roger Berry, in his book 'English Grammar: A Resource Book for Students,' says that nonfinite clauses 'lack a subject and a finite verb form,' but they are still called clauses because they have 'some clause structure.' Nonfinite clauses are introduced by three nonfinite verb forms and are divided into three types, says Berry:

• infinitive clauses: I saw her leave the room.
• -ing (participle) clauses: I heard someone shouting for help.
• -ed (participle) clauses: I got the watch repaired in town.

Note that each nonfinite clause in the examples above has its own 'clause structure.' Berry writes, 'The room is the direct object of leave, help is the prepositional object of shout, and in town is an adverbial related to repair.'

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