Exploring Participles in English

This video is part two of a lesson on verbals, focusing on participles. It reviews infinitives and gerunds, explaining that verbals look like verbs but do not act as the main verb. Infinitives are unconjugated verbs often confused with prepositional phrases, while gerunds end in 'ing' and act as nouns. Participles, the main focus, act as adjectives and can appear in past or present tense. The video provides examples to distinguish participles from verbs and emphasizes the importance of practice in recognizing them.

What is the primary function of infinitives in a sentence?

• To indicate past or present tense

• To act as the main verb

• To function as nouns or sometimes adjectives

• To describe nouns as adjectives do

How can infinitives be distinguished from prepositional phrases?

• By the tense of the verb

• By identifying the action verb following 'to'

• By finding the noun after 'to'

• By locating the subject of the sentence

What is unique about gerunds compared to other verbals?

• They are always followed by 'to'

• They act as nouns

• They always indicate past tense

• They function only as verbs

What role do gerunds play in a sentence?

• Acting as the main verb

• Serving as adjectives

• Indicating tense

• Functioning as nouns

Which of the following best describes participles?

• Words that strictly function as nouns

• Verb forms acting as adjectives

• Verb forms that indicate future tense

• Nouns that describe verbs

How can participles be identified in a sentence?

• By their ability to stand alone

• By their function as the main verb

• By their location before a noun

• By their prepositional phrase structure

What indicates a past participle?

• Using a helping verb

• Ending in 'ed'

• Beginning with 'to'

• Ending in 'ing'

Why are participles sometimes difficult to identify?

• They are always in passive voice

• They only act as nouns

• They can be in past or present tense

• They always follow a noun

Which verbal can act as an adjective?

• Prepositional phrase

• Participle

• Gerund

• Infinitive

In the sentence 'I dropped my iPhone and took the broken screen to get fixed,' which word is a participle?

• Broken

• Took

• Fixed

• Dropped