English Grammar - Non-Finites: 62 MCQs with Answers
English Grammar- Non-Finites
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0%Q51. Identify the sentence with a gerund phrase (not a participial phrase).
Right Answer: Barking loudly at strangers is this dog's habit.
Explanation:
'Barking loudly at strangers' functions as a gerund phrase, the subject of the sentence, unlike the participial uses in the other options.
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Q52. Choose the sentence where '-ing' functions as a participle describing a noun.
Right Answer: The singing bird perched on the branch.
Explanation:
'Singing' functions as a participle (adjective) describing 'bird'.
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Q53. Choose the correct sentence using a perfect infinitive.
Right Answer: He seems to have finished the work.
Explanation:
'To have finished' is the perfect infinitive, indicating an action completed before the time of the main verb.
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Q54. Identify the correct sentence.
Right Answer: She claims to have won the award last year.
Explanation:
'To have won' is the correct perfect infinitive form, indicating a completed past action.
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Q55. Choose the correct sentence expressing regret using a perfect infinitive.
Right Answer: I am sorry to have troubled you.
Explanation:
'To have troubled' is the perfect infinitive, expressing regret about a past action.
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Q56. Identify the correct sentence.
Right Answer: He is believed to have left the country.
Explanation:
'To have left' is the correct perfect infinitive form used in this passive reporting structure.
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Q57. Choose the correct sentence.
Right Answer: She would like to have visited the museum, but she ran out of time.
Explanation:
'To have visited' (perfect infinitive) correctly expresses an unfulfilled wish about the past.
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Q58. Identify the sentence with an error in non-finite verb usage.
Right Answer: She enjoys to swim in the lake.
Explanation:
'Enjoy' should be followed by a gerund, not a to-infinitive; the correct form is 'enjoys swimming'.
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Q59. Choose the sentence with a non-finite verb error.
Right Answer: I look forward to meet you.
Explanation:
'Look forward to' is followed by a gerund (since 'to' here is a preposition), not a bare infinitive; the correct form is 'to meeting'.
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Q60. Identify the sentence with an error.
Right Answer: He suggested to go to the beach.
Explanation:
'Suggest' is followed by a gerund or a 'that' clause, not a to-infinitive; 'suggested to go' is incorrect.
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