Exploring Verbals: Participles, Infinitives, and Gerunds

Mrs. Fisher introduces grammar concept number 14, focusing on verbals: participles, infinitives, and gerunds. She explains how these verb forms function differently in sentences, using participles as adjectives, infinitives as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs, and gerunds as nouns. The video includes examples and tips for identifying these forms, emphasizing their importance in avoiding dangling modifiers. The lesson concludes with a recap of grammar rules and their relevance in assessments.

What are verbals?

• Nouns used in a verbal manner

• Adjectives that describe actions

• Words that describe nouns

• Verbs acting as something other than verbs

What does a participle function as in a sentence?

• An adverb

• A pronoun

• A noun

• An adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Why are participles important in sentences?

• They act as verbs

• They function as adjectives, describing nouns or pronouns

• They connect sentences

• They replace nouns

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Which of the following is an example of an infinitive phrase?

• Jumps high

• Running quickly

• To run

• Beautifully painted

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CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the purpose of using infinitives in sentences?

• To connect clauses

• To act as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs

• To describe nouns

• To indicate past action

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CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the significance of infinitive phrases in grammar?

• They are used to indicate future action only

• They replace gerunds in complex sentences

• They always describe actions

• They can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs

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CCSS.L.8.1A

What is a gerund?

• A noun used as a verb

• A verb ending in 'ing' that functions as a noun

• An adjective describing a verb

• A verb that acts as an adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Which of the following is NOT a function of gerunds?

• Renaming a noun

• Being the object of a preposition

• Describing a noun

• Acting as a subject

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Which of the following sentences contains a gerund phrase?

• I enjoy swimming in the ocean.

• She is going to the market.

• The cat slept on the warm windowsill.

• He quickly ran to the store.

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CCSS.L.8.1A

How can you identify a dangling gerund?

• It is used as a direct object

• It is followed by a comma

• It starts with 'to'

• It does not specify who or what it is referring to

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C