The document provides instructions for a student to identify finite and nonfinite clauses in sentences from a passage. It gives an example of highlighting the finite verb in yellow and underlining the nonfinite verb. It then provides a 6 sentence passage from the text "What the Owls Said" for the student to practice identifying the finite and nonfinite clauses on by highlighting and underlining the appropriate verbs.
The document provides instructions for a student to identify finite and nonfinite clauses in sentences from a passage. It gives an example of highlighting the finite verb in yellow and underlining the nonfinite verb. It then provides a 6 sentence passage from the text "What the Owls Said" for the student to practice identifying the finite and nonfinite clauses on by highlighting and underlining the appropriate verbs.
The document provides instructions for a student to identify finite and nonfinite clauses in sentences from a passage. It gives an example of highlighting the finite verb in yellow and underlining the nonfinite verb. It then provides a 6 sentence passage from the text "What the Owls Said" for the student to practice identifying the finite and nonfinite clauses on by highlighting and underlining the appropriate verbs.
After reviewing FINITE-NONFINITE CLAUSES from grammar-quizz.com, now do the following: In each sentence, yellow-highlight the finite verb(s), and underline the nonfinite verb(s). Eg.: They throw stones. They try to hit you
From the text: What the Owls Said
1) It was in the old days. 2) There was a hunter who told his wife to pack him a dinner bag so he could go out and bring back some game, and when it was ready he went. 3) The whole day he saw nothing. 4) It started to get dark. 5) He took cover in a woods where there were tall trees, rested his rifle against a tree trunk, and lay down next to it. 6) Before long two owls flew into the tree and sat on a branch.