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Today’s Warm-up
• What is a noun?
• What is a verb?
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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• InfinitivesExamples • 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 another part of speech rather than a verb.
• 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.
Participle
Gerund
Infinitive
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Gerunds
• A gerund is a verb form always ending in –ing that acts like a noun.
-Running is great exercise
-Most people enjoy eating.
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Gerunds
• A gerund is a verb form always ending in –ing that acts like a noun.
• -Running is great exercise
-Most people enjoy eating.
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Gerunds
• Like a verb, the gerund:
• Expresses an action
• May take an object
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Gerund Trick
• Here is a silly way to think of it: If a noun and a verb got married, their children would be gerunds.
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Gerund Identification
• A gerund always end with –ing without exception. Since gerunds are verbs acting as nouns, you can test any verb ending in –ing by substituting the word with the pronoun “it”: If the –ing word can be replaced with it, you have a gerund.
• Practicing is hard work.
• I hate practicing.
• He is practicing.
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Gerunds as a Subject
• Subject: Swimming is fun.
• Swimming is a gerund. It is formed from a verb (swim), it ends in -ing, and it is acting as the subject of the sentence. It tells us what the sentence is about.
Examples:
• Eating too quickly gave him an upset stomach.
• Not doing his homework caused him to fail the test.
• Not having an answering machine causes himto miss many calls.
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Gerunds as a Direct Object
• Direct Object: She loves reading.
• Reading is a gerund. It is formed from a verb (read), it ends in -ing, and it is acting as the direct object in the sentence. This means that it is receiving the action of the verb loves.
Examples:
• He proposed meeting in a restaurant.
• I look forward to seeing you soon.
• She's worried about missing her bus
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Gerund Review
Just remember three characteristics of gerunds, and you'll be able to spot them easily:
1.They are formed from verbs
2.They end in –ing
3.They act as nouns.
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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)
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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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Because gerunds act as nouns, they can also do any of the noun jobs. Here is a
review of the noun jobs.• Subjects Tell us whom or what a sentence is about.
Mary played outside.
• Direct Objects receive the action of certain action verbs called "transitive active verbs.“
Joe kicked the ball.
• Indirect Objects receive the direct object
Joe kicked Mary the ball.
• Predicate Nouns come after linking verbs. They rename the subject of the sentence.
Joe is a great soccer player.
• Objects of the Preposition are nouns that follow a preposition. They are a necessary part of prepositional phrases.
Joe kicked the ball to Mary.
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Participles
• A participle is a verbal that 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
• Participles ending in an “ed” are Past Participles
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Identify the Participles in the following sentences
• 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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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