TOEFL Lesson 38

How confident are you with the concept of verbals?

• I wouldn't miss a single question on verbals.

• I'm pretty sure I know something about verbals.

• I have heard of verbals before.

• What's a verbal?

What's a verbal?

• A verb functioning as an action.

• A verb form that does not function as a verb.

• A verb within a verb, inside of another verb.

What's a verbal?

• A verb that constitutes an action.

• A verb form that acts as a different part of speech.

• A verb in disguise as another verb.

Select all of the verbals.

• Gerunds

• Auxiliary Verbs

• Participles

• Verbatim

• Infinitives

Gerunds are verbs that act as ______ ending in -ing.

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

Present and past participles act as what part of speech?

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Adverbs

Infinitives may function as which of the following?

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Nouns

• Clauses

A verbal is a verb doing what?

• Hiding

• Changing

• Acting

• Dying

What's a verbal?

• A verb functioning as an action.

• A verb form that acts as a adverb, adjective, or noun.

• A verb acting as a preposition.

Find the correct answer:

The largest_______ insects are found in tropical rain forests.

• known

• knowing

• to know

• knew