Once upon a time, there was a famous clan known as the Verb Family. This community has so many relatives and constituents in the Word Society. They become the heart-throb of every sentence that will be constructed. Hence, their status made them important expressions to the world.
One day, there was a conflict between the uses of the Verbs. The struggle resulted into the discovery of the Verbs classification. The clan was divided into two classifications, the finite and the non-finite. The people got confused of the new findings so a fairy godmother appeared and explained the whole bewilderment.
With all her might, she told the people of Word Society that, “finite verbs are those base forms of a word which can be joined by linking verbs and helping verbs. Linking verbs are the ones who link a subject with a complement through its description or explanation, restatement of the subject or description of its state of being. Helping verbs are the ones who assist in forming tenses when they are combined with the main verb.” Then she took a deep breath and sustained, “they are grouped according to transitive and intransitive. Transitives are the verbs that express an action carried out on one or more objects. Intransitive verbs don’t require an object to complete their meaning.” On the other hand, she continued, “the non-finite verbs are the verbals which consist of the infinitive, participle and gerund verb forms. Thus non-finite verbs cannot complete an independent clause nor does their form change.” The people widened their eyes as she went along confidently. “Infinitives are those “to” plus base form verb. Participle can either be present or past tense plus a helping verb to make a verb phrase. And the last, gerund is verb that ends with “ing” that functions as a noun.” The people got even more confused. So the fairy godmother used her magic wand and explained further with examples. Hence, the people got enlightened at last.
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