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What is a verbal? A verbal is a verb + a suffix that functions as a different part of speech.

What is a verbal? A verbal is a verb + a suffix that functions as a different part of speech. 3 types of verbals — Participles Gerunds Infinitives. What is a Participle?. A participle is a form of a verb that acts as an adjective. There are two kinds of participles:.

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What is a verbal? A verbal is a verb + a suffix that functions as a different part of speech.

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  1. What is a verbal? A verbal is a verb + a suffix that functions as a different part of speech. 3 types of verbals— Participles Gerunds Infinitives

  2. What is a Participle? A participle is a form of a verb that acts as an adjective.

  3. There are two kinds of participles: • Present Participles- • End in –ing • Examples include: • going, playing, growing, telling, reading, swimming, camping, sweating • Past Participles- • End in –ed, -en, -t, • -n • Examples include: • chosen, broken, worn, burnt, chiseled

  4. Remember, it’s not a participle unless it is used as adjective. Ingredients of a participle: • Verb + ending • Must modify noun or pronoun (Because it is acting as an adjective.) *Remember, there are 2 types of participle– present & past. • Let’s look at a few examples:

  5. Examples of Present/Past Participles

  6. What is a gerund? • A gerund is verbal formed by adding –ing to a verb. • A gerund functions as a noun. • It can be the subject of a sentence. Example: Spelunking is Calvin’s favorite hobby. *Don’t confuse it with a present participle which modifies a noun.

  7. A gerund can also be the object of a preposition. Examples: Sarah completed the marathon at the urging of the crowd. Ashley wowed the audience by singing.

  8. A gerund can be a direct object. • Example: Ethan’s swim team finished practicing at 6:30 A.M. Finished what? Finished practicing. Action verb- question- the answer is the direct object.

  9. Verb + ing = A verb, present participle, or a gerund?

  10. Infinitives- Verbals that can act as noun, adjective, or adverb An infinitive is made up of To + verb ~To swim ~To run ~To decide ~To understand

  11. A few examples of infinitives: She decided to take her niece Claire along on the adventure. The underlined phrase is an infinitive with all of its modifiers, which makes it an infinitive phrase, She decided what? Action verb- question… That’s right the entire infinitive phrase is the direct object.

  12. Another example of infinitive use • To know her is to love her. • This one is two-for-one. • To know is an infinitive that acts as the subject of the sentence, so it must be acting as a noun. • To love her is an infinitive phrase following a linking verb. It is renaming the subject, so it is a predicate noun. Yes, noun!

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