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Verbals
Participial Phrases
Gerund Phrases
Infinitive Phrases
Tips and Tricks
100
A verbal is NEVER 
What is the verb of the sentence
100
A participle is ... ( ending and part of speech, too)
What is a verb that ends in either -ing or -ed but always acts as an adjective ?
100
A gerund is ... (ending and part of speech)
What is a verb ALWAYS ending in -ing and acting as a noun?
100
An infinitive is 
What is "to + verb"?
100
What normally proceeds as infinitive?
What is the word "to"?
200
The three types of verbals are ...
What are participles, gerunds, and infinitives.
200
The first word in a participial phrase must be...
What is a participle?
200
A gerund or gerund phrase can always be replaced with ... 
What is the word "it"?
200
An infinitive phrase is ... 
What is a phrase that starts with an infinitive and includes all modifiers?
200
True or false:  If a word ends in -ing, it's a gerund.
What is false?
300
The type of verbal used in this sentence is...

Breaking the rules is not a good idea.


What is a gerund?  OR     What is a gerund phrase?
300

A participial phrase is...

What is a phrase that begins with a participle with all its modifying or related parts?
300
A gerund phrase can have the job of...
What is a subject, direct object, or object of preposition?
300
Infinitives can function as these parts of speech.
What is adjective, adverb, or noun?
300
A participial phrase should be placed...
What is as close as possible to the word it modifies?
400
The two verbals used in this sentence are ...

The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have a carrot hidden in your coat pocket.

What is a participial phrase?
400
Identify the participial phrase: "While John was waiting near the bus stop, he noticed that his wallet was missing."
What is there isn't one?
400
Identify the gerund and it's "job" :

"Thinking about the trip, Luis was packing suitable clothes for sightseeing."

What is "sightseeing" (which is an object of preposition)?
400

Identify the infinitive phrase and its part of speech: 

To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer's lap is Michelle's only goal tonight.

What is "to finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer's lap " and subject?
400
The mark of punctuation that should follow an introductory participial phrase is ... 
What is a comma?
500
The structure of this sentence is...

Walking on the beach, Hank looked at his feet to avoid jellyfish lying there.

What is a simple sentence?
500

The participial phrases in this sentence are ...

Glazed with barbecue sauce, the rack of ribs nestled next to a pile of cheesy macaroni looks delicious.

What is "glazed with barbecue sauce" and "nestled next to a pile of cheesy macaroni"?
500
Identify the gerund phrases and "jobs" in this sentence:

After looking at her grades, Ayanna knew that studying harder was necessary.

What is "Looking at her grades" (obj of prep) and "studying harder" (subject)?
500

The infinitive phrase in this sentence is ... and functions as ... 

Kelvin, an aspiring comic book artist, is taking Anatomy and Physiology this semester to understand the interplay of muscle and bone in the human body.

What is "to understand the interplay of muscle and bone in the human body" and adverb (why)?
500
The difference between a phrase and a clause is ... 
What is a clause has a subject and verb, but a phrase does not?