3. Applicants must have a clean driving licence.
a) complete
b) never done anything wrong
4. He thinks that he should either resign or come clean.
a) free from dirt b) as not corrupt
5. Rest your hand on my shoulder.
a) the remaining part b) support
6. All our hopes rest on you.
a) support b) depend
7. A publisher’s note says: all rights reserved.
a) authority b) interests
8. I want this parcel to be sent right away.
a) immediately b) completely
9. He knew this was his last hope of winning.
a) final b) most recent
10. The last thing she needed was more and more work.
a) the only remaining part b) most recent
I. Non-finite clauses
In English we have two types of clauses : Finite clauses and non-finite clauses.
Look at the following examples :
1. Wangari Maathai led the movement. She won the Nobel Prize.
2. Leading the movement, Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Prize.
In the example 1, there are two sentences. Their is a verb in each sentence and each
verb has tense [a tense marker]. We can identify the tense of the verbs by looking at them,
both of them are in past tense since they are written in ‘V2
’. [‘led’ and ‘won’]. These are
called ‘finite verbs’ as they have ‘tense’.
Where as in example 2, there are two clauses : ‘Leading the movement’ and ‘Wangari
Maathai’ won the Nobel Prize. The verb in the first class has no tense while the won in the
second clause has tense [past tense].
