English Grammar for University Students. Part 4

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Марина Воловикова. English Grammar for University Students. Part 4

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Module 1. The infinitive

The grammatical categories of the infinitive

The use of the infinitive without the particle to (the bare infinitive)

Syntactical functions of the infinitive

Predicative constructions with the infinitive

The objective infinitive construction

The subjective infinitive construction

The for-to-infinitive construction

Exercises

Module 2. The gerund

Syntactic functions of the gerund

Predicative constructions (complexes) with the gerund

Тне gerund & тне infinitive

Тне gerund and тне verbal noun

Exercises

Module 3. The participle

Syntactic functions of рarтiciple I

Syntacтic functions оf рarтiciple II

Parтiciple I and тhe gerund

Predicative соnsтruсtions with тhe parтiciple

Exercises

Module 4. Revision

Bibliography

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Verb forms fall into two classes: finites and non-finites, the latter are also called verbals, verbids. There are four non-finite forms of the verb in the English language: the Infinitive, the Present Participle (Participle I), the Past Participle (Participle II), and the Gerund.

Non-finite forms of the verb have double nature, they possess the characteristics of the verb together with the characteristics of other parts of speech. They have some verbal categories: voice, aspect, and temporal correlation; but they lack the categories of person, number, mood, and tense [Кобрина,Корнеева, 2009].

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The subject expressed by the Infinitive may be introduced by the so-called introductory it, which stands at the beginning of the sentence.

It is sometimes difficult to accept the truth.

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