FINITE VERB

ANDREW
MARIA
STELLA
 • Definition of finite verb :
a verb that has a subject,
this means that it can be the
main verbs in a sentences. It
shows tense (past/present,
etc) or number
(singular/plural), A finite verb
makes an assertion or
expresses a state of being and
can stand by itself as the
Example of finite verb
• I cook, she reads, Anto went
• Dina has eaten when Ria come
in, By itself, the verb form eaten
is called a non-finite verb When
the auxiliary has and the non-
finite verb eaten are put
together, they make up a finite
verb form has eaten.
• Tamara was walking. Walking is
non-finite and was is to be.
When they are put together, they
make up finite form was walking
• Definition of non-finite
verb :
a verb has no subject,
tense, or number. The
only finite verb forms are
the infinitive (indicated
by to), the gerund or the
participle (present/past),
nonfinite verbs must
ordinarily combine with a
• Example of nonfinite verb
• Verbs ending in -ing. These are
called present participles, they
were cooking in Sinta’s house.
• This non-finite verb form end in
-ed; many also end in en. These
are called past participles. I
have written my letter ( the
past participle written is non-
finite and can’t be the main
verb).
• Talking is the children’s
favorite pastime. ( talking is a
gerund, verb to be noun)
• The infinitive can have the following
forms:
• The perfect infinitive
to have + past participle
For example: to have broken, to have
seen, to have saved.
This form is most commonly found in Type
3 conditional sentences, using the
conditional perfect.
For example:
– If I had known you were coming I would have
baked a cake.
– Someone must have broken the window and
climbed in.
– I would like to have seen the Taj Mahal when
I was in India.
– He pretended to have seen the film.
• The continuous infinitive
to be + present participle
For example: to be swimming, to be joking, to be waiting
Examples:
– I'd really like to be swimming in a nice cool pool right now.
– I happened to be waiting for the bus when the accident
happened.
 
• The perfect continuous infinitive
to have been + present participle
Examples: to have been crying, to have been waiting, to
have been painting
Examples:
– The woman seemed to have been crying.
– You must have been waiting for hours!
– He pretended to have been painting all day.
• The passive infinitive
to be + past participle

For example: to be given, to be

shut, to be opened

Examples:
– I am expecting to be given a pay-rise
next month.
– These doors should be shut.
– This window ought to be opened.
CONTOH SOAL
He decided to go ?    
She has seen the film.
will they believe you?
Having finished their work, they left.
He was feeling ill.
He left the party feeling ill.
The girl who was sitting there has gone.
The girl sitting there has gone.
The girl has gone.
They expected it to have been
cancelled.
 TASK
A dog once took a large pieces of meat from a butcher’s shop. The
butcher did not give it to him. He took it him self. He stole it.
The bad dog ran away with the meat between his teeth. He ran
quickly, because he did not want the butcher to catch him and take
the meat away from him.
On his way he came to a river. He went near it and looked into the
water. Of course he saw him self there with the piece of meat in
his mouth.
But he did not say, “ that is myself in the water?”. Oh, no! He said to
himself. I want that meat and I will have it too.
He openes his mouth to take the other piece of meat. Of course, when
he did so the piece of meat fell into the river, and so instead of two
pieces, the foolish dog got gone