NON-FINITE FORMS OF THE VERB IN MODERN ENGLISH

Abstract

The present manual is intended for the students specializing in English as their first and second foreign language. The aim of the book is to provide a clear explanation to one of the most complicated areas of English grammar-non-finite forms of the verb. Non-finites are the forms of the verb intermediary in many of their lexico-grammatical features between the verb and the non-processual parts of speech. The English non-finite forms include the Infinitive, the Gerund, the Participle I and the Participle II. Because of their complex nature and wide use in predicative constructions they have been studied in great deal by different grammarians. This manual gives insight into the problems dealing with the nature of non-finites, their grammatical categories and syntactic functions. In the first part of the book the author suggests an explanation to various linguistic facts about each non-finite form. In the second part the emphasis is laid on activating students’ knowledge. A number of practical tasks are suggested which will help students to develop a higher level of practical grammatical skills