English is a language of rules and conventions. These rules are known as grammar, which is important for proper understanding in the written and the spoken language. Verbs are one of the main parts of any basic communication and they are used to denote action. Verbs that are associated with the person and number of their subjects are known as main verbs. Main verbs can be classified in one way as finite and non-finite verbs (non-finites). This quiz on High English Grammar is all about the differences between finite and non-finite verbs.
Finite verbs are those that depend on the person and number of the subject, in addition to the tense, like so:
‘He plays,’ ‘I play’ and ‘She plays.’
‘They play.’
‘He plays’ and ‘he is playing.’