Verbals NOT Verbs!

Present and past participles act as what part of speech?

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Verbs

What is the participle in the following sentence?

The truck, burdened with its load, traveled slowly over the rough road.

• burdened

• rough

• traveled

• slowly

Identify the gerund in the following sentence.

His favorite way to spend his evening is relaxing in the hot tub.

• to spend

• evening

• favorite

• relaxing

Identify the infinitive in the following sentence.

I will go to the market to buy flowers for my mother.

• to the

• to the market

• to buy

• to buy flowers

What type of verbal is in the following sentence?

My mother needs to plant her rosebush.

• Infinitive

• Participle

• Gerund

• No verbal

What type of verbal is used in the following sentence?

I dislike the work associated with planting.

• infinitive

• participle

• gerund

• No verbal

What type of verbal is used in the following sentence?

Some people consider my interest in gardening an obsession.

• Infinitive

• Gerund

• Participle

• No verbal

The Joker came up with a terrifying plan.
What type of verbal is in red in the sentence above?

• gerund
• infinitive
• participle
• not a verbal

He ate the remainder of the melting ice cream cake.

• Participle
• Gerund
• Infinitive
• None of the above

Knitting is her favorite winter hobby.

• Participle
• Gerund
• Infinitive
• None of the above