## REVISING THE POINTS 

He intends to write to his mother. 

She is running for a train. 

They have swum across the river. 

◆ Each sentence must contain at least one finite verb. 

◆ The finite verb must be linked to the noun or pronoun which is the subject of the sentence. 

◆ The present participle can be connected to the verb ‘to be’ to make a finite verb. 

◆ The past participle can be connected to the verb ‘to have’ to make a finite verb. 

◆ Nouns can be replaced by pronouns. 

◆ An autobiography is written in the 1st person because the author is telling his or her own story. 

◆ A biography is written in the 3rd person. It is the story of someone’s life told by another person. 

◆ A novel can be written in either the 1st or 3rd person. 

◆ An instruction manual always uses the ‘understood’ 2nd person as it gives instructions to the reader. 

## PRACTISING WHAT YOU’VE LEARNT 

1. Complete the following sentences: 

(a) The harassed housewife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

(b) Sarah............................. 

