What are Verbals?
Verbals works as another form of verb that is one of the part of speeches of English language. It is an either form that is similar to noun, adverb, or adjective, etc. There are three major kinds of verbal that is infinitives, gerunds, and participles. We use participle one of the types of verbal acts as an adjective of part of speech. It helps in modifying nouns and pronouns then, we will consider them either present participle or past participle. We also use participial phrase to incorporate the complements, participle, modifiers, etc. Verbal gerunds are another type of verbal that act as a noun, but we will end it in -ing form. The gerund phrases add the gerund including complements and modifiers. If we talk about the work of gerunds as nouns, its phrases function as an indirect objects, subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, or objects of a preposition in a sentence. Determine gerund versus present participle whether a phrase or word acts or not. Replacing it with the term something would be the best way of it. Infinitive is also another type of verbal that usually writers start it with the term ‘to’. All modifiers, infinitives, and complements will also be the part of verbal infinitive phrase. Both infinitive phrases and infinitive work as parts of speech such as adverbs, adjectives, and nouns. When verbal infinitives work as nouns, they either function as predicate nominatives, subjects, direct objects, etc.
What Is It?
On the line write whether the sentence contains an infinitive, a participle, or a gerund.
Besides...
Use each verbal in a sentence. On the line beside the verbal, indicate whether it is a gerund, a participle, or an infinitive in your sentence.
Underlines
Underline the verbal phrases in each sentence. On the line, write whether it is a gerund (g), a participle (p), or an infinitive (I).
Infinitives
An infinitive is the word "to" plus a verb. Infinitives can be used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases
Write sentences that use the gerunds and gerund phrases as the part of speech indicated.
Infinitives
An infinitive is the word "to" plus a verb. Infinitives can be used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
What Kind of Verbal?
Each sentence below contains either an infinitive, a participle, or a gerund. Write which it is on the line.
Combining Sentences
Use the bolded word to create a participial phrase to combine the two sentences. Be sure to use commas correctly.