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  “The car.”
                     “The car on the road”.
                     “The car on the road through the mountains.”
               In the above examples, car is the subject. To make A complete sentences, a finite verb must be
               used to describe the action of the car, as well as to show how the other parts of the sentence
               relate to it. In the following examples, a finite verb is used to form complete sentences:
                     “The car drove.”
                     “The car drove on the road.”
                     “The car drove on the road through the mountains.”


               Simply adding the finite verb drove makes all three of these sentences complete. This is
               because it lets the reader know what the car is doing, and it connects the subject to the other
               parts of the sentence.


               Non-finite Verbs
               A non-finite verb is a verb form that does not show tense. In other words, you cannot tell if a
               sentence is in the past tense, present tense, or future tense by looking at a non-finite verb.
               Therefore, a non-finite verb is never the main verb in a sentence. (That's a finite verb.) There
               are three types of non-finite verbs:
                   Gerunds (e.g., "baking," "singing").
                   Infinitives (e.g., "to bake," "to sing").
                   Participles. There are two types:
                       Present Participles (e.g., "baking," "singing").
                       Past Participles (e.g., "baked," "sung").
               Non-finite verbs function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs or combine with a finite verb for verb
               tense.
               Easy Examples of Non-finite Verbs
               In each example, the non-finite verb is shaded and the finite verb (the main verb) is in bold.
               Note that you can tell whether the sentence is in the past tense, present tense, or future tense
               only by looking at the finite verbs (bold text). You cannot determine the tense by looking at the
               non-finite verbs (highlighted text).

                  Type             Telltale Sign                    Example (Function)


               Gerund      The "-ing" ending              Lee likes playing rugby. (noun)


               Infinitive   Usually preceded by "to"      He wants to play rugby. (noun)
                                                          He wants a game to play. (adjective)
                                                          He begged to play. (adverb)


               Participle  Present Participle:            Lee was the playing reserve. (adjective)
                           The "-ing" ending              We watched Lee playing rugby.
                                                          (adjective)
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