Gerunds
These two words make up an infinitive. (___+___)
What is "to" + a verb?
Participles are used as this part of speech.
What is adjectives?
The three types of verbals are this.
What is a gerund, a participle, and an infinitive.
The gerund always imitates this part of speech.
What is a noun?
Identify the infinitive and the part of speech: I want to read that book on the table.
What is to read?
A participle most often ends in these two ways:
What is -ing and -ed?
Verbals are formed from this part of speech.
Identify the gerund/s in the following sentence: John likes jogging and sneakers.
What is jogging?
Identify the infinitive: It's always been his dream to dance on stage.
What is to dance?
Identify the participle: Every group has a set of unwritten rules.
What is unwritten?
Name the two verbals that can have the same ending. Include the ending in your answer.
What is that the gerund and present participle end in -ing?
Identify the infinitive: After a long day, I go right to bed and hope to sleep for hours.
What is to sleep?
Identify the participle(s): There were a lot of willing participants for the research study.
What is willing?
Write a sentence using the verb "play" as a participle.
What is _________________? (correct answers will vary)
Find the verbal/s and identify: Mark's greatest wish was to play tuba while singing.
What is to play (infinitive) and singing (gerund)
Identify the gerund/s in the following sentence: The professor enjoys lecturing about French paintings.
What is lecturing?
(Paintings is not a gerund because it's referring to the objects of paintings, not the activity of it.)
Identify the infinitive: Are you two going to get in line? Or is it too long?
What is to get?
Identify the participle(s) in the following sentence: Listening well is a required part of being a caring individual.
What is required and caring?
Write a sentence using the infinitive of the verb "jump."
What is _________________? (correct answers will vary)
Find the verbal and identify the type: Running water looks pretty in a fountain.
What is running–participle?