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What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “The cockroaches swarmed over the screaming children.”
"Screaming" is a participle.
100
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Her mom asked to see the store manager.”
"To see" is an infinitive, and "to see the store manager" is an infinitive phrase.
100

What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Freddie hates waking to the buzz of the alarm clock.”

"Waking" is a gerund, and "waking to the buzz of the alarm clock" is a gerund phrase.

100

What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Waking to the buzz of the alarm clock, Freddie cursed the arrival of another Monday.”

"Waking" is a participle, and "Waking to the buzz of the alarm clock" is a participial phrase.

100

DAILY TRIPLE!!!: What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “To be, or not to be: that is the question.”

"To be" is an infinitive both times. "not to be" is an infinitive phrase, as "not" is an adverb.

200
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “He promised his parents that he would try to do well on the test in Science.”
"to do" is an infinitive, and "to do well on the test in Science" is an infinitive phrase.
200
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Shooting paintballs is not an art form.”
"Shooting" is a gerund, and "shooting paintballs" is a gerund phrase.
200
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Don't forget to vote!”
"To vote" is an infinitive.
200
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Little Timmy walked through the cow pasture, sniffing suspiciously.”
"Sniffing" is a participle, and "sniffing suspiciously" is a participial phrase.
200
DAILY DOUBLE: What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “A more disastrous activity for long-haired people is blowing giant bubble gum bubbles with the car windows down.”
"Blowing" is a gerund, and "blowing giant bubble gum bubbles with the car windows down" is a gerund phrase.
300
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “The tortured prisoners planned their escape for weeks.”
"Tortured" is a participle.
300
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “The terrible students continued to bother the teacher.”
"To bother" is an infinitive, and "to bother the teacher" is an infinitive phrase.
300
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Visiting relatives in other states can be fun or miserable.”
"Visiting" is a gerund, and "visiting relatives in other states" is a gerund phrase.
300
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “The lecturer declined to speak for half an hour.”
"To speak" is an infinitive, and "to speak for half an hour" is an infinitive phrase.
300
DAILY DOUBLE: What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will result in disaster.”
"Jamming" is a gerund, and "Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine" is a gerund phrase. Also, "washing" is a participle.
400
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “All of the players on the basketball team lost in overtime, humiliated by their opponents.”
"Humiliated" is a participle, and "humiliated by their opponents" is an participial phrase.
400
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Reading helps you learn English.”
"Reading" is a gerund.
400
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with hair.”
"Clogged" is a participle, and "clogged with hair" is a participial phrase.
400
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Glazed with barbecue sauce, Little Timmy lay where the Children of Noah had set him.”
"Glazed" is a participle, and "glazed with barbecue sauce" is a participial phrase.
400
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “The best way to survive Mr. Beard's awful lectures is a sharp pencil stab in your thigh if you start to snooze.”
"To survive" and "to snooze" are infinitives, and "to survive Mr. Beard's awful lectures" is an infinitive phrase.
500

What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “The siblings loved going to the old theater together to watch old movies.”

"Going" is a gerund. "Going to the old theater together to watch old movies" is a gerund phrase. "To watch" is an infinitive, and "to watch old movies" is an infinitive phrase.

500
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “The seventh graders were all a bunch of obnoxious, stinking irritants to Mr. Beard.”
"Stinking" is a participle.
500
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Eating ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long, wild hair.”
"Eating" is a gerund, and "Eating ice cream on a windy day" is a gerund phrase.
500
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “Ben's rudest habit is eating the last of the leftover pizza.”
"Eating" is a gerund, and "eating the last of the leftover pizza" is a gerund phrase.
500
What is the verbal or verbals in the following sentence? If there is a verbal phrase(s), what is it as well? “After a long day at school and work, LaShae found her roommate Ben eating the last of the leftover pizza.”
"Eating" is a participle, and "eating the last of the leftover pizza" is a participial phrase.