Verbal Lesson

Choosing the right words to use for a particular audience.

• Verbal

• Nonverbal

Avoiding word fillers.

• Verbal

• Nonverbal

Meli and I ________ to school at 7 a.m.

• go

• goes

• going

She never _______ Bandung

• visit

• visits

• visiting

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

The 2 underlined phrases are what type of verbal?

• Participle

• Infinitive

• Gerund

What's a verbal?

• A verb functioning as an action.

• A verb form that acts as a adverb, adjective, or noun.

• A verb acting as a preposition.

The cat often _______ mouse

• catch

• catches

• cought

Amel does not ______ a glass of ice tea

• drink

• drinks

• drinking

She . . . . to school every day.

• go

• goes

• going

Even though it looks like a verb, a participle functions to _______, like an adjective would do. 

• describe

• talk