Ejercicios Ingles

Exercises

Activities Unit 1C

Activity 1

Classify the underlined verb forms below as finite or non-finite.

Example: Everyone arrested (non-finite) at the demonstration has now beenreleased (finite).

1. If at any point you don’t have (finite) anywhere to sleep (non-finite) there are hostels (finite) where you share the room (finite).
2. You can use (finite) my boat but you must becareful (finite).
3. He wants (finite) to go (non-finite) to Italy when he finishes (finite) his studies.
4. You have taught (finite) him all he knows (finite) and now his confidence will vanish(finite).
5. Do you tell me (finite) you do not know (finite) who is there. (finite)
6. She will be playing (finite) with her new doll tomorrow.
7. Cambridge beats rival Oxford (finite) to take(non-finite) first place in the ranking of UK universities.
8. “Romeo and Juliet” is a tragedy (finite), which made (non-finite) a great impression on him when he was at school. (finite)
9. The man seen(non-finite) with Mary is her brother. (finite)
10. To understand (non finite) the diversity of wildlife we should consider (finite) the climate change.



Activity 2


Change the followingdeclarative clauses into interrogatives, write out the result, and say whether the underlined verbs are auxiliaries or lexical verbs.

1. A date was appointed for the election.
Was the dateappointed for the election? (auxiliary)

2. I would rather we went to the theatre.
Would you rather we went to the theatre? (auxiliary)

3. They ought to be getting ready now.
Ought they to begetting ready now? (auxiliary)


4. She used to live in Glasgow.
Did she use to live in Glasgow? (lexical verb)

5. They have to make a decision.
Do they have to make a decision? (lexical verb)6. Most people need to feel loved.
Do most people need to feel loved? (lexical verb)

7. There should be an investigation into the cause of the disaster.
Should there be an investigation...