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