Usama Talib infinte tenses When do we use the non-finite verb forms? The base form is used in the to-infinitive. The -ing form is the present participle.
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Usama Talib infinte tenses
When do we use the non-finite verb forms?
The base form is used in the to-infinitive.
The -ing form is the present participle.
Your question is very vague. There are many uses of these verb forms.
Could you be more specific or give an example sentence?
Usama Talib When we use to 1st form and when 1st+ing in infinte tenses
There are tenses, all of which are finite, and there are non-finite forms, but there are no such things as infinite or infinitive tenses.
Forms with -ing are used in all the continuous tenses. The -ing form is also a non-finite form when unaccompanied by an auxiliary
I guess I can get what you meant although your questions is not that accurate. Always try to give examples to make others understand you.
To me, he seems asking about "verb patterns" when there are 2 verbs following one another.
Some of them, for instance: ( I colored them in blue)
-I love eat