What is a verbal?
What can a verbal act as?
What are the three kind of verbals?
While verbals are forms of verbs, they are action associated with the subject. In other words, they are verbs. True of False
A verbal functions as another part of speech. True or False
A participle is a verb form that acts as an _________.
There are two kinds of participles, what are they?
T or F? a participle modifies a noun and verb
The deserted building was old and decrepit. Identify the participle.
Frightened by the sight, they froze. Identify the participial phrase.
An infinitive is a verb form that begins with ___
Alex used the scissors to cut the ribbon. Identify the infinitive phrase
I took time to read an old book.
What can an infinitive or infinitive phrase act as?
Even some scientists believed( Mars to be inhabited)
To believe in life in Mars was common. Identify the verbal as a participle, gerund, or infinitive and identify what it's acting as?
Who is jumping, can it be the scampering rodents? Identify the verbal as a participle, gerund, or infinitive
The exhausted campers found a crumbling schoolhouse.Identify the verbal as a participle, gerund, or infinitive .
Writing a novel, must take a long time. Identify the verbal as a participle, gerund, or infinitive, and identify what it acts as.
Hiking can be dangerous. Identify the verbal as a participle, gerund, or infinitive
The author is famous for creating the novel, Tom Sawyer. Identify the gerund or the gerund phrase?
I like watching scary movies. What is the gerund phrase?
Calling her sister a loser was a mistake. What is 'calling her sister' * subject, do,op, etc
He is responsible for calling her a loser. Identify the Gerund, and what is the Object of the preposition?
I like riding dirt bikes. What is the gerund phrase, and what is it acting as?
A word that is formed from a verb.
nouns, an adjective, or an adverb
gerunds, infinitives, and participles
False/ not associated, and they are not verbs
True
adjective
present and past participle
False- noun and a pronoun
deserted
(Frightened by the sight)
to
(to cut the ribbon)
identify the infinitive phrase, and modify what it acts as.
noun, adjective, or an adverb
Identify the parenthesis as a noun, adjective, or an adverb
Infinitive/noun
participle/ adjective
participle
gerund phrase/ noun
gerund
(creating the novel, Tom Sawyer.)
watching scary movies
subject
calling her a loser
riding dirt bikes/ direct object
