Finite or Non-Finite?
<-ing> Form
Function?
Function?
Verb or Predicate Phrases
(Grammar Blocks)
(Grammar Blocks)
What's Modifying 'bottle'?
Find the Infinitive
200
Go to bed!
finite
200
Graduating marks the end of one chapter and the start of another.
subject
200
We all wanted ice cream.
200
Please hand me my water bottle.
water
200
I need to eat something.
to eat
300
We never wanted to go anyway.
non-finite
300
Is something burning?
predicate
300
I should have gone too.
300
She made a candle holder out of an old bottle.
old
300
Is your order for here or to go?
to go
400
The birds are singing to welcome the longer days.
non-finite
400
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.
predicate
400
Jim cooks and cleans.
400
The bottle on the table has sparkling cider.
on the table
400
It is his problem to solve.
to solve
500
Who has to empty the dishwasher?
finite
500
The cathedral walls are supported by flying buttresses.
modifies 'buttresses'
500
The clerk at register number 10 can help you.
500
They drank from the bottle that had the warning label on it!
that had the warning label on it
500
I plan to leave at quarter to ten.
to leave
640
A penny saved is a penny earned.
non-finite
640
Her dad is very loving.
subject complement
640
She seems smart.
640
Bottles made of blue glass often come from Germany.
made of blue glass
640
To a person, no one could manage to speak honestly to me about it all.
to speak