Verbals Quiz Prep

A _______ is a verbal that ends in "-ing" and functions as a noun.

A present ________ is a verbal that ends in "-ing" and usually functions as an adjective.

If a verbal ends in "-ed," it is a past ______.

A verbal that takes the form of "to" + the unconjugated verb is an ______ and may function as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

If a gerund phrase is acting as the subject of a sentence, then the ______ itself is the simple subject.

A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and up to three _____ verbs, also known as helping verbs.

Because a verb phrase may contain up to three auxiliary verbs in addition to the main verb, the simple predicate could include as many as _____ words.

The parts of a sentence that a NOUN can be are the subject, any type of ______, an appositive, or a predicate nominative (PN).

A _____ phrase takes the form of a preposition and its object (known as the object of the preposition), plus any modifiers of that object and functions as either an adjective or an adverb.

An _____ renames another noun that it appears next to.