IP7 Verbal Review

Which verbal form is usually introduced by the word "TO" and may be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb?

• an auxilliary

• an infinitive

• a gerund

• a participle

Which verbal form ends in -ing and is used as a noun?

• an auxilliary

• an infinitive

• a gerund

• a participle

Which sentence uses a gerund as the subject of the sentence?

• Chloe has cancelled her plans for today since it will be too cold for suntanning.

• The friends that were meeting after school decided to create signs for the Winter Ball.

• Advertising is a great way to create interest in a newly manufactured product.

• He will be attending college in a different state next school year.

Read this sentence:

The laughing children agreed that the joke was the funniest one they had ever heard.

How is laughing used in the sentence?

• as an adverb modifying a verb

• as an auxiliary verb

• as an adjective modifying a subject

• as an indirect object

Read the sentence:

To Sally, there was nothing better than to go biking in July.

What is the infinitive in the sentence?

• To Sally

• there was

• to go

• in July

Read this sentence:

Playing the piano is my favorite activity.

How is the gerund phrase used in the sentence?

• The gerund phrase is before a preposition

• The gerund phrase is the subject

• The gerund phrase is an object

• The gerund phrase is after the complement

Read the sentence:

Singing is my favorite thing to do.

Which term applies to the underlined word?

• gerund

• infinitive

• participle

• preposition

Read the sentence:

Singing is my favorite thing to do.

What is the function of the underlined word in the sentence?

• subject

• verb

• object

• adjective

Read the sentence:

Dancing makes me nervous.

Which TWO SENTENCES define the function of dancing in this sentence?

• it functions as a noun

• it functions as an adverb

• it functions as a gerund

• it functions as an adjective

• it functions as a verb

What is a verbal?

• a group of words that functions as an independent or dependent clause in a sentence

• a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and can stand alone

• a group of words that always functions as a noun in a sentence and is a fragment

• a group of words that contains a verb but functions as a different part of speech