Verbal Basics

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

The 2 underlined phrases are what type of verbal?

• Participle

• Infinitve

• Gerund

Scampering down the street, the cat ran from the large dog chasing it.

What type of verbal phrase is this?

• Participial phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Gerund phrase

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

Is the underlined word in the sentence a verb?

The teacher is asking the students to sit down quietly.

• Yes

• No

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

Swimming is a sport that is enjoyed more in the spring and summer.

The underlined word is what type of verbal?

• Participle

• Infinitive

• Gerund

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

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

• -es

• -en

• -eg

Gerunds always act like what part of speech?

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

She went to sleep clutching a bear in her arms.

What 2 verbals are used in the above sentence?

• to sleep = gerund; clutching = participle

• to sleep = infinitive; clutching = gerund

• to sleep = infinitive; clutching = participle