Verbals

Identify the participle in the following sentence.
Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair.

• getting
• brushed
• combed
• no participle present

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the PARTICIPLE.
The dancing bear was on display.

• dancing
• bear
• was
• on

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the PARTICIPLE.
Melted snow is such a mess.

• melted
• snow
• is
• mess

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Participles are verbs ending in -ing, -ed, -en, or -t. They act as what part of speech?

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• prepositions

Identify the GERUND:

Singing in the shower makes me sound almost good.

• shower

• almost

• Singing

• sound

Identify the GERUND:

The cheer team gave motivating the football team significant effort.

• cheer

• motivating

• football

• effort

Identify the GERUND:

Susan's favorite way to spend a rainy day is baking.

• Susan

• spend

• rainy

• baking

Gerunds are verbs that end in -ing and act as what part of speech?

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• conjunctions

What three parts of speech can infinitives be?

• noun, verb, adjective
• verb, adjective, adverb
• noun, adjective, preposition
• noun, adjective, adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Infinitives are verbs that are preceded by what word?

• in

• for

• to

• so