Verbs and Verbals

It is a word class (part of speech) that indicates an action or a state of being, and is the main part of the sentence’s complete predicate.

• verb

• infinitive

• participial

• gerund

An infinitive both may either function as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

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A gerund is used as a noun, whereas a present participle is used as part of a verb phrase or as an adjective.

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An infinitive is a type of verbal with the form to + base form of the verb

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A gerund both function as a noun.

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A gerund is a type of verbal formed with the present participle (ends in –ing such as moving) form of the verb.

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Past participle is used in the perfect tenses of verbs, while the present participle is used in continuous or progressive forms of verbs.

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A gerund is a type of verbal that is formed from the present (ends in –ing such as moving) or past participle (may end in –ed or –d such as scared or irregularly formed such as broken) forms of a verb.

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  A verbal, on the other hand, is a verb form that functions as another part of speech, particularly as adjectives, nouns, or adverbs.

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Verbals, particularly action verbals, provide the movement of nouns and pronouns within sentences.

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