Teaching Verbs: Finite & Non-finite

Part1: Lesson Plan & Presentation

Presenter: 1
Mohammad Rashid
GG9984………16-ETM-27
(EN.No) (Faculty No)
 Topic: Verbs
• Level: Below Intermediate
• Aim: to make them aware of finite & non-
finite verbs
• Duration: 45 minutes
• Approach: Inductive
• Method: Communicative
• Techniques: Self-discovering rules from given text, Self-
learning, Explanation & Clearance
 Step: 1 Presentation
• Warm-up questions like,
1. what is a verb?
2. How do you identify a verb?
3. Have you ever thought of types of verbs etc.

• Circulating text sheet.

– Highlight all verbs!

• Selected another word?

Why?
define a verb.
I get up early in the morning. I go to washroom immediately.
After having shower, I come back to bedroom, change my cloth,
set my hairstyle and then I take two minutes to brush my teeth,
standing in front of a mirror. After then, I take my bag and
necessary things for classes and move to dinning hall.
Sometimes I do have breakfast and other times, I abandon it
because of oily food being served usually at the dining table.
Finally, I walk to the parking, pick up my bicycle and ride to
faculty of Arts, AMU.
Teaching Verbs: Finite & Non-finite
Part2: Isolation, Deletion and Explanation

Presenter: 2
Sonu
GH6596………16-ETM-22
(EN.No) (Faculty No)
 Isolation, Deletion and Explanation

• Asking them to write all verbs in chronological

order: one-word verb, two-word verb…
• Asking them to cut the difficult verbs like ‘do
have’
• Explaining the idea of finite, non-finite and
phrasal verbs.
• Asking them to do the exercise in order to
check if they have got the sense of verbs.
Underline all the verbs given in the texts and isolate it according to
chronological order:

Go
Set
Take
Have
Abandon
Ride

Get up
Come back
Pick up

Having
Standing

Do have
Being served
Underline all the verbs given in the texts and isolate it according to
chronological order:

Go
Set
Take Finite Verbs
Have
Abandon
Ride

Get up
Come back Phrasal Verbs
Pick up

Having
Standing Non-finite Verbs

Do have
Being served Special Verbs
Teaching Verbs: Finite & Non-finite
Part3: Practise Exercise & Testing Exercise

Presenter: 3
Mohd Irfan
GH8778………16-ETM-22
(EN.No) (Faculty No)
 Exercises
Questions on Phrasal Verbs
Q1-Find out the phrasal verb(s) from the
following.

Abandon, ride, get up, move, come back

Questions on Finite-Verbs

Q2-Find out non-finite verbs in the given passage and write down on notebook

Having taken food, he came to faculty and he was talking to his friend standing at
the gate. Looking at them a person came to them and ask them not to stand in
between the narrow passage of the gate.
 Questions on Phrasal Verbs

Q5- Write the past form of the phrasal verbs:

Get up come back

Questions on Lexical/main Verbs

Q3- Exchange the following verbs to fit in the passage given in the sheet
provided.
Move, have, set, abandon

Questions on Non-finite Verbs

Q4-Use this non-finite verbs in your sentences and write in notebook

1-Looking, 2-Standing.
 Testing
• Providing them another exercise which is
based on using the verbs at right places.
• Asking them to use it oral communication.
 Exercise for Test
Q1-What is a verb? Define in your own words.

Q2-Write 5 sentences using non-finite verbs given in the passage above.

Q3-Write 3 finite, 2 phrasal, 1 simple verb, which is not given in the sheet

Q4-Complete the sentences:

1 He……….to market. (go)

2 …………..in front of his teacher he was………..in friendly way. (stand/talk)

Q5-Make a small passage using same phrasal verbs.

GroupWork- Ask your friend to speak on a topic, put a diary and pen. Try to find
out the verbs he uses and write it down.