Verbals

Verbals

Multiple Choice

The driver looked like … impatient with the traffic.

• to get

• getting

• in getting

Multiple Choice

Traveling might satisfy your desire for new experiences.

• noun

• adjective

• direct object

Multiple Choice

There was no point in … to arrest him once his crime was proven.

• hesitating

• to hesitate

• in hesitating

Multiple Choice

They couldn’t recall ... any utensils to anyone.

• having given

• to having given

• to have been given

To wait seemed foolish when decisive action was required. (subject)

Everyone wanted to go. (direct object)

His ambition is to fly. (subject complement)

He lacked the strength to resist. (adjective)

We must study to learn. (adverb)

Be sure not to confuse an infinitive—a verbal consisting of to plus a verb—with a prepositional phrase beginning with to, which consists of to plus a noun or pronoun and any modifiers.

Infinitives: to fly, to draw, to become, to enter, to stand, to catch.

Prepositional Phrases: to him, to the committee, to my house, to the mountains, to us.

Infinitive Phrases

• It consists of a group of words that contain infinitive and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or noun phrase(s) that function as the actor(s), direct object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state expressed in the infinitive. Here some

Omission Test

When not sure if you have a case of direct object or adver try this...

If you can omit the infinitive and still preserve the basic sense of the sentence, then it is probably an adverb. “We ate grubs” is a complete sentence without the adverbial infinitive “to survive,” which provides additional information about why we ate them but is not structurally necessary. On the other hand, omitting the direct object should leave a more obvious gap in meaning. Omitting the nominal infinitive phrases from the second example sentence leaves us with “We wanted, so we attempted.” The sentence is substantially changed.

Multiple Choice

What is the fuction of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence

I have a pizza to bake before his birthday.

• The infinitive phrase functions as an adjective modifying pizza.

• The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of the verb have

• The infinitive phrase functions as an adverb of the verb have

Multiple Choice

What is the fuction of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence

My friends wanted Dayane to be the president of the class

• The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of the verb wanted

• The infinitive phrase functions as an adjective modifying Carol.

• The infinitive phrase functions as an adverb of the verb wante

Multiple Choice

What is the fuction of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence

We intended to leave early.

• The infinitive phrase functions as a noun.

• The infinitive phrase functions as an adverb modifying intended.

• The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of the verb intended.

Quiz gerunds and Participles

Quiz gerunds and Participles

Multiple Choice

Choose the TRUE statement

• A gerund isALWAYS an object in a sentence.

• A gerund MAY function as a noun in a sentence.

• A gerund is the action word in a sentence.

Quiz: Verbals!!!!

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