Understanding Verbals A verbal is a verb that
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Understanding Verbals A verbal is a verb that is being used as another part of speech rather than a verb.
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There are three types of Verbals • Participles • Gerunds • Infinitives Examples – – – The frightened cat scratched my eye. Running seems tiresome at first. Sometimes I like to swing and sometimes I like to slide at the park.
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Verbals • A verbal is a verb that is being used as Participle another part of speech rather than a verb. Gerund • Examples – – – The frightened cat scratched my eye. Running seems tiresome at first. Sometimes I like to swing and sometimes I like to slide at the park. Infinitive
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Participles • A participle is a verbal and acts as an adjective. – The crying woman left the movie theater. – The frustrated child ran away from home.
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Participles • A participle is a form of a verb that acts as an adjective. – The crying woman left the movie theater. – The frustrated child ran away from home.
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Past or Present Participles • Participles ending in an “ing” are Present Participles – The pouring rain drove us inside. – Watching the clock, the coach became worried.
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• Participles ending in –ed are past participles. – The peeled and sliced cucumbers can be added to the salad.
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Be Careful! • • • Participles can be part of a verb phrase and therefore are part of the verb—NOT A VERBAL acting as an ADJECTIVE! EX: The rain was pouring down. She has corrected her homework.
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Identify the Participles in the following sentences and tell what they are modifying. • Sometimes my gurgling stomach keeps me from concentrating • While sleeping with the TV on, the tormented child dreamt of monsters. • Screaming adults tend to be very impatient.
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Gerunds • A gerund is a verbal that acts as a noun. -Running is great exercise -Most people enjoy eating.
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Gerunds • A gerund is a verbal that acts as a noun. (always end in “ing”) -Running is great exercise -Most people enjoy eating.
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Identify the Gerunds in the following sentences • • • Talking is a disruptive activity. My son loves playing with his toy dinosaur. The doctor gave studying all of his attention.
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Infinitives • An infinitive is a Verbal that appears with the word “to” and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb – 2 types of infinitives • Present infinitive (only “to” + verb) • Perfect infinitive (“to have” or “to have been” + past tense version of the verb)
![Infinitive examples • Present – I like to debate. – To play with matches Infinitive examples • Present – I like to debate. – To play with matches](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image_h2/7dfd35740371251fbddf680250d5e25d/image-14.jpg)
Infinitive examples • Present – I like to debate. – To play with matches is wrong. • Perfect – I would have liked to read the paper. – To have been mentioned would have been enough.
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Identify the verbals in the following sentences and identify them as a participle, a gerund or an infinitive. • • • Meditating on positive ideas brings great physical health. The explorer struggled to find the remote colony. The heated pool is great for sore muscles
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