Finish can mean complete an activity or come to an end.
The idea
Say finish the report with a noun, finish reading with an activity, or the meeting finishes when the event ends. The regular past is finished.
Examples
- She finished her homework before dinner.
- The meeting finished at four.
- Have you finished reading the book?
- I will finish the report tomorrow.
- They finished the work together.
- We cannot leave until the lesson finishes.
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After finish, an activity is commonly expressed with the -ing form: finish reading, not finish to read.
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Choose the past form. Yesterday she ___ the report. (finished / finishes)
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finished
Finished is the regular past of finish.
Choose the activity form. Have you finished ___ the book? (reading / to read)
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reading
Reading names the completed activity after finish.
Choose the event subject. Which sentence says the event ends at four? (The meeting finishes at four. / The teacher finishes the report at four.)
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The meeting finishes at four.
The meeting can be the subject of finishes.
Practice round
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Choose the past form. Yesterday she ___ the report. (finished / finishes)
Choose the activity form. Have you finished ___ the book? (reading / to read)
Choose the event subject. Which sentence says the event ends at four? (The meeting finishes at four. / The teacher finishes the report at four.)
The meeting finishes at four.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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