Verbals

To sleep is all I want to do over Spring Break.

The 2 underlined phrases are what type of verbal?

• Participle

• Infinitve

• Gerund

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

While eating dinner, our running toilet decided to overflow, causing a great mess in the hall.

The underlined word is what type of verbal?

• Participle

• Infinitive

• Gerund

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Is the underlined word in the sentence a verb?

The teacher is asking the students to sit down quietly.

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Their main goal is to eat as much food as possible.

The underlined phrase is what type of verbal phrase?

• Participle phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Gerund phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Participles can end in -ing, -ed, or ....

• -es

• -en

• -eg

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Gerunds always act like what part of speech?

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Even though it looks like a verb, a participle functions to _______, like an adjective would do. 

• describe
• talk

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Even though it looks like a verb, a gerund acts as a ______ in a sentence.

• thing
• adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Participial verbal phrases are verb forms that act like ______.

• nouns
• adjectives

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C