Finite and non-finite forms: the test

Multiple-choice exercise

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Choose the best answer for each question

  1. The infinitive without to can:
    1.   follow an auxiliary verb and a main verb
    2.   follow an auxiliary verb and a main verb or be the subject of a verb
    3.   only follow an auxiliary verb
    4.   act as a noun or follow an auxiliary verb and a main verb
  2. In "I am here", the use of 'am' indicates
    1.   number and person
    2.   number only
    3.   gender and tense
    4.   person only
  3. "I can smell something burning" contains
    1.   A non-finite use of 'smell'
    2.   A finite verb and a non-finite participle
    3.   A finite verb and a non-finite gerund
    4.   A finite use of 'burn' in the progressive
  4. "He came to see me" contains
    1.   A finite verb marked for tense with a non-finite infinitive
    2.   A finite verb marked for tense with a finite verb marked for person
    3.   A finite verb marked for person with a non-finite infinitive
    4.   A non-finite verb with a non-finite infinitive
  5. "Opening the box, he saw it was empty" contains
    1.   A non-finite participle verb followed by a non-finite verb
    2.   A finite verb followed by a finite verb
    3.   A non-finite gerund followed by a finite verb
    4.   A non-finite participle verb followed by a finite verb
  6. English verbs do not inflect for gender.
    1.   False
    2.   True
  7. "I walked to the park" contains
    1.   A finite verb post-modified with a prepositional phrase
    2.   A non-finite verb post-modified with a prepositional phrase
    3.   A finite verb post-modified with an adverb phrase
  8. The imperative form in English has no subject normally so is ...
    1.   ... a finite, non-finite
    2.   ... an example of person indicated by verb form alone
    3.   ... a non-finite form
    4.   ... unusual but still a finite form
  9. "What do they want to have done about it?" is an example of
    1.   the non-finite passive voice use of 'want'
    2.   non-finite perfect tense indicators
    3.   non-finite modal auxiliary verbs
    4.   chaining non-finite verbs
  10. The infinitive with to can:
    1.   only follow an auxiliary verb
    2.   only follow a main verb
    3.   follow a main verb or be the subject of a verb
    4.   only follow an auxiliary verb and a main verb