Verbals

What is the verbal in the following sentence?

Our coach gave hiring an assistant serious consideration.

• serious

• hiring

• consideration

• gave

What is the verbal in the following sentence?

Federico gave up his favorite hobby, collecting baseball cards.

• favorite

• collecting

• hobby

• Frederico

What is the verbal in the following sentence?

To ward off any insects, one must use repellent.

• off

• any

• repellant

• to ward

What is the verbal in the following sentence?

Her neighbor's horse won first place by jumping successfully over all the rails.

• won

• first

• jumping

• over

What is the verbal in the following sentence?

People at the family reunion vacated the area when they saw the approaching storm.

• saw

• approaching

• area

• vacated

What is the verbal in the following sentence?

Her car had bent disc brakes which almost caused an accident.

• which

• bent

• caused

• accident

What is the verbal in the following sentence?

He looked forward to the vacation, but he knew that he needed to save more money.

• vacation

• to save

• money

• forward

What is the verbal in the following sentence?

The small children went to look for seashells.

• seashells

• small

• went

• to look

What is the gerund in the following sentence?

Catching lightning bugs can be fun in the summertime.

What is the gerund in the following sentence?

His belief, getting to sleep early, helped him while he was in college.