FINITE VERB

Definition

   also called a main verb.

   a verb that has a subject

   a verb that shows tense, person, and number

   can be the main verb in a sentence

Moods in Finite Verb

A) Indicative mood (expressing a state of affairs)

Example: The coffee is hot.

B) Imperative mood (giving a command)

Example:  Make the coffee hot.

C) Subjunctive mood (expressing something that might or    might not be the state of affairs, depending on some other part of the sentence)

Example: If the coffee was hot, I would drink it.

How  to identify the finite verbs in a sentence

A) Most finite verbs can take an -ed or a -d at the end of the word to      indicate time in the past:

 Example: (cough)coughed (celebrate)celebrated.

B) Nearly all finite verbs take an -s at the end of the word to indicate the present when the subject of the verb is third-person singular:

Example: he coughs(cough) she celebrates(celebrate)  

The exceptions are auxiliary verbs like can and must. Remember that nouns can also end in -s. Thus the dog races can refer to a spectator sport or to a fast-moving third-person singular dog.

C) Finite verbs surround their subjects when some forms of a question

    are asked

     Example:  Is he coughing? Did they celebrate?

D) Finite verbs are often groups of words that include auxiliary verbs

    Example:, can be suffering, must eat, will have gone.

E) Finite verbs usually follow their subjects:

    Example : He coughs. The documents had compromised him. They will have gone.

Kind of Finite Verb Transitive

Is a verb that requires both a direct subject and one or more objects

Example : - You pushed the cart ("cart" is the direct object of "pushed")

                 -  I ate the pie ("pie" is an object of "ate")

Intransitive

It is an action verb and has no direct object

Example : James went to the campus cafe for a steaming bowl of squid                      eyeball stew.

Linking

Is a verb that is used to connect a subject with an adjective or noun that

describes or identifies the subject. The most common linking verb is be

Example : The party was fantastic.

Definition NON – Finite Verb

a non-finite verb (or a verbal) is a verb form

that is not limited by a subject and, more

generally, is not fully inflected by categories that

are marked inflectionally in language, such as

tense, aspect, mood, number, gender, and

person

Kind of Non finite verb Participles

participle is a verbal adjective that describes a noun as being a participant in

the action of the verb

Example: - The talking children angered the teacher. (Here talking modifies            children.)

                -  Annoyed, Rita ate dinner by herself in the bedroom. (Here annoyed          modifies Rita.

Gerunds

gerund is a verbal noun that refers to the action of the verb

Example :  Fencing is good exercise. (Here fencing is the subject of is.)

            Leroy betrayed his team by charging. (Here charging is the object of by.)

Infinitives

Infinitive verb form is often introduced by the particle to, as in to eat or to

run. The resulting phrase can then function as a subject or object, or as a  Modifier

Example : - To succeed takes courage, foresight, and luck. (Here to                succeed is the subject of takes.)

                 - Carol was asked to speak. (Here to speak is the object of    

                   asked,comparable to Carol was asked a question.)