Verbals

A participle is a word that acts as an _________.

A ______ is a word formed from a verb, functioning as a different part of speech.

Identify the underlined phrase:

All of the boats docked in the harbor were damaged by the storm.

• Present participle phrase

• Past participle phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Prepositional phrase

What is the underlined phrase in this sentence?

The next morning, the campers took photos of the rising sun.

• gerund

• participle

• infinitive

Answer explanation

Rising ends in -ing. It can either be a participle or a gerund. Is it functioning as a noun or adjective? It's describing sun; therefore, it is an adjective (participle).

Identify what type of verbal is underlined: By taking this test, you are proving you know what verbals are.

• infinitive

• gerund

• participle

Identify the underlined phrase:

Slamming his locker, Sammy skipped to his next class.

• Infinitive phrase

• Past participle phrase

• Present participle phrase

• Gerund phrase

Blanketed in snow, the mountains looked spectacular after the second round of winter snow fell.

What type of verbal phrase is underlined above?

• Participial phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Gerund phrase

What is a verbal?

• A long speech with a lot of words.

• A former verb now used as another part of speech.

• A fast-moving animal.

• A word that denotes action.

The exhausted children napped on the floor.

• Participle
• Gerund
• Infinitive
• None of the above

What is the underlined phrase in this sentence?

The campers, starving and exhausted, returned to the campsite after a long hike.

• gerund

• participle

• infinitive

Answer explanation

starving ends in -ing, so it could be a gerund or a participle. exhausted ends in -ed, so it can only be a participle. starving is describing the campers (noun); therefore, it is a participle as well.