Verbals

Verbals

by Erin Sholtis

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A verbal can never be the acting verb in a sentence.

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​There are THREE types of verbals:

​ -Infinitives - to+verb

-to go, to be, to talk

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​ -Participles - end in -ing or -ed; act as an adjective

​ -crying child; parked car; frozen pond

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​ -Gerunds - end in -ing; act as a noun

-Running is a great stress reliever

-You can relieve stress by running.

​Now it's time to practice!

​Let's see how you do

​Infinitives: to + a verb

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to go, to smile, to eat, to miss

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Type the infinitive from the following sentence or the word none if there is no infinitive:

He bought some flowers to give to his wife.

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Type the infinitive from the following sentence or the word none if there is no infinitive:

It would be too dangerous to swim in the ocean right now.

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Type the infinitive from the following sentence or the word none if there is no infinitive:

Do you understand what to do?

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Type the infinitive from the following sentence or the word none if there is no infinitive:

Can I ask you to help me with something?

​Participles:

-end in -ing, -ed, or irregular ending (-en)

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​- act as an adjective

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​Breaking glass, fixed mirror, frozen lake

Multiple Choice

Identify the appropriate participle for the following sentence.

The thief abandoned the __________ car near the hospital.

• red

• stolen

• fast

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle that best completes the sentence:

_______ down from the tree, the monkey could see many people.

• Looking

• Looked

• Looks

Multiple Choice

The child refused to play with the ____ toy.

Choose the participle that completes the sentence.

• broken

• old

• other

Multiple Choice

I felt ____ when I saw my house was still standing after the tornado.

Choose the participle to complete the sentence.

• relief

• happy

• relieved

​Gerunds: end in -ing; act as a noun

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​Singing is her talent.

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Multiple Choice

Select the gerund in the following sentence: Wearing red and blue on game day shows school spirit.

• wearing

• on game day

• red and blue

• shows

Multiple Choice

Select the gerund in the following sentence: You should give studying more a try

• should

• more

• a try

• studying

Multiple Choice

 

Select the gerund in the following sentence: Josephine's bad habit is gritting her teeth.

• her teeth

• bad habit

• gritting

• is gritting

Multiple Choice

Select the gerund in the following sentence: The baby began crying when he dropped his pacifier on the floor.

• dropped

• crying

• on the floor

• began