Grade 5 Grammar Lesson 3 Verbs finite and non-finite
I dislike climbing trees. She loves to eat mangoes.
Having gone home, he relaxed all day.
Being a good girl, she obeyed her parents.
The verbs in bold print above are non-finite because they don’t change with the change in tense or number.
A non-finite verb may be:
an infinitive – to go
perfect infinitive – to have gone
present participle – going
past participle – gone
gerund – going
