Identify the non-finite verbs in the following sentences.

1. I heard them singing.

2. He doesn’t enjoy working hard.

3. What are the advantages of living alone?

4. He went to Mumbai to look for work.

5. Reading books is her favourite hobby.

6. Running fast I caught up with him.

7. He was arrested for stealing food.

8. The children are eager to go out to play.

9. Children enjoy making sand castles.

10. Parents want their children to succeed in life.

11. They are expected to declare the results in the afternoon.

12. I don’t want to mess with him.

13. Sitting on a branch, the monkey gibbered.

14. If you want to earn money you have to work hard.

15. They congratulated him for saving the dog from drowning.

Answers

1. singing (gerund)

2. working (gerund)

3. living (gerund)

4. to look (infinitive)

5. Reading (gerund)

6. Running (present participle)

7. stealing (gerund)

8. to go (infinitive), to play (infinitive)

9. making (gerund)

10. to succeed (infinitive)

11. to declare (infinitive)

12. to mess (infinitive)

13. Sitting (present participle)

14. to earn (infinitive), to work (infinitive)

15. saving (gerund), drowning (gerund)