Participles
The soaked sponge spilled water all over the floor.
What is soaked?
Write out the appositive:
Paul's favorite food, a well-cooked steak, is on the menu at most restaurants.
What is:
Steak
Reginald hoped to ask for Lady Danbury's hand in marriage.
What is to ask?
The kind of word is bolded in this sentence:
Learning to type was a requirement for fourth grade.
What is an infinitive?
Write out the verbal in this sentence and its type:
Valerie was picking up the phone when her mother called.
What is none? (Was picking = verb phrase).
Write out the participle and its tense:
The singing of the choir made the weeping crowd pause.
What is: weeping, present tense?
Write out the gerund:
Frederick never enjoyed flying long-distance to come home for Thanksgiving.
What is:
Flying
Write out the infinitive phrase of this sentence:
The barista proceeded to list out our names one at a time.
What is:
To list out our names one at a time?
The kind of word bolded in this sentence:
Climbing the stairs was required to reach Camille's apartment.
What is a gerund?
Write out the appositive (alone) and indicate which other type of verbal it is.
The task, making an entree with of a bag of figs and a bottle of chocolate milk, made for good television.
What is making and a gerund?
Write out the sentence, circle the participle phrase, and draw an arrow to the noun it modifies:
Your barely sneaking steps echoed throughout the cool of the night.
What is: Your barely sneaking (steps) echoed throughout the cool of the night?
Write out the sentence and circle the appositive phrase:
The winner of the contest, a kid from Nebraska, was flown to Florida to appear on live television.
What is:
The winner of the contest, a kid from Nebraska, was flown to Florida to appear on live television.
The thought to start studying can take you to good places.
The kind of word bolded in this sentence:
A stomping giant came crashing through the floor.
What is a participle?
What verbals are and what do they do
What are verbs pretending to be other parts of speech?
Write out the sentence, circle the participle phrase and draw an arrow to the noun it describes.
A slowly sinking ship will often seem worse than drowning due to the tension.
What is
A slowly sinking (ship) will often seem worse than drowning due to the tension?
Write out the sentence and circle the gerund phrase:
Collapsing in a dramatic fit was the perfect way to end the scene.
What is
Collapsing in a dramatic fit was the perfect way to end the scene.
Write out the infinitive and its job:
Darren thought it was funny to cut the music while the soloist sang.
What is to cut and adverb?
The kind of word bolded in this sentence:
A sweet puppy, Jopley, went rolling around with his siblings.
What is an appositive?
List the three types of verbal and one other specific non-verbal part of a sentence and their associated job.
What are participles (adjectives), gerunds (nouns), infinitives (adjectives, adverbs, and nouns), and appositives (noun that describes the first noun)?
Write out the sentence, circle the participle phrase, draw an arrow to the word it modifies and write beneath it if it is a present or past participle:
The freshly folded laundry was spilling onto the ground as he threw the basket.
What is
Past
The freshly folded (laundry) was spilling onto the ground as he threw the basket.
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Write out the appositive phrase and label which of the words in it are a gerund:
Brendan's best skills, cooking an egg and playing a crushed guitar, did not make much sense on a resume.
What is:
cooking an egg and playing a crushed guitar
Write out the infinitive phrase and its job:
To cut your own bangs in front of a mirror is a bold choice.
What is to cut your own bangs in front of a mirror and noun?
Label the three verbals and their types in this sentence:
Kristen, our class president, loved trying to remove uniforms from the school.
What is president (appositive), trying (gerund), and to remove (infinitive)?
Write out the required forms for each of the verbal types
What are participle -ed and -ing, a gerund -ing, and an infinitive to + basic verb?