Exploring Verbals and Their Usage

This video tutorial covers the Oklahoma academic standard 8.5.1 for 8th grade, focusing on verbals and clauses. It explains verbals, including gerunds, participles, and infinitives, and their usage in sentences. The tutorial also discusses different types of clauses, such as independent, subordinate, adjective, adverb, and noun clauses, providing definitions and examples for each. The video encourages students to take notes and practice identifying these grammatical elements in passages to achieve mastery.

What is the primary focus of Oklahoma academic standard 8.5.1?

• Mastering the use of punctuation in writing

• Recognizing the use of verbals and clauses

• Developing vocabulary through context clues

• Understanding the structure of complex sentences

Which of the following is NOT a form of verbal?

• Preposition

• Gerund

• Infinitive

• Participle

How does a gerund function in a sentence?

• As an adjective

• As a verb

• As a noun

• As an adverb

What is a participle?

• A noun used as a verb

• A verb form used as an adverb

• A verb form used as a noun

• A verb form used as an adjective

Which example correctly shows an infinitive?

• Running quickly

• To run

• Running

• Has run

What differentiates an infinitive phrase from a prepositional phrase?

• The use of 'to' before a verb

• The inclusion of a modifier

• The use of 'to' before a noun

• The inclusion of a subject

What is an independent clause?

• A clause that can't stand alone

• A clause that depends on another clause for meaning

• A clause that stands alone as a sentence

• A clause without a verb

Which clause acts as an adjective?

• Adverb clause

• Independent clause

• Noun clause

• Adjective clause

What does an adverb clause modify?

• Prepositions only

• Nouns only

• Verbs, adverbs, and adjectives

• Adjectives only

Which word introduces a noun clause?

• And

• That

• Because

• But