Finite or nonfinite?

In each of the following sentences, indicate whether the highlighted verb is finite or nonfinite.

Finite verbs exhibit tense, so they have the past form or the present form. So %%PW,0,ARE,finite verb%%: %%WL,0%%.

The other verbs in this exercise do not exhibit tense, so they are nonfinite. So %%PW,1,ARE,nonfinite verb%%: %%WL,1%%.

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