Welcome to the Wonderful World of

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of

• VERBALS!!!!!

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Do you have any of the following?

• Grammarphobia
• Apathy
• Trouble with recognizing verbs
• A desire to turn your language weaknesses into
  strengths

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5 Basic Sentence Patterns in English

• S V
• S V DO
• S V IO DO
• S LV PA
• S LV - PN

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Questions to ponder when working with verbals

• What does it look like?
• What does it act like?

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What does an
INFINITIVE
Look like?
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To an action verb

• To run
• To sing
• To wish
• To take

• To have
• To open
• To question
• To swim

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The complete infinitive

• Includes any complements (words that complete the
  infinitive, like objects)
• Includes any modifiers (words that describe the
  infinitive, like adjectives or adverbs)

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Infinitive Phrases

• To sing a song
• To write a poem well
• To cry too much

• To wish upon a star
• To take many classes

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What does an
INFINITIVE
Act like?
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LOTS OF THINGS!

• Noun (subject, direct object, predicate
  nominative)
• To be happy is what I wish for you.
• I want to go to school!
• Happiness is to be a student!

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LOTS OF THINGS!

• Adjective
• The place to visit is room 711.

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LOTS OF THINGS!

• Adverb
• The students took notes to learn more about
  infinitives.

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Subject - Verb
The baby cried. Students write everyday. Reading
helps build vocabulary skills.
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Subject Verb Direct Object
The baby drank her bottle. Students write papers
everyday. Reading helps all people.
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Subject Verb Indirect Object - Direct Object
The baby threw me her bottle when she was done
drinking. Students write their friends
notes. Reading gives us knowledge.
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Subject Linking Verb Predicate Adjective
The baby is happy now. The students were
bored. Reading is fun!
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Subject Linking Verb Predicate Nominative
The baby is my niece. The students are
freshmen. Reading is a great hobby!
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How do I apply my vast knowledge of parts of
speech to sentence patterns?

• Subjects are ALWAYS nouns/pronouns
• Direct and indirect objects are ALWAYS
  nouns/pronouns
• Predicate Adjectives are ALWAYS adjectives

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Um, Mrs. Farris, arent we here to learn about
verbals?
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But in order to figure out how an infinitive (or
any verbal, for that matter) ACTS, you need to
understand what its DOING in a sentence.
Yes!
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Lets practice

• I want to go to the store.
• To understand verbals is important.
• An important concept to master is subject-verb
  agreement.

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What does a
GERUND
Look like?
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A verb ending in ing

• dancing
• winning
• climbing

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What does a
GERUND
Act like?
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A NOUN!

• The dancing was fun.
• Shauna tried climbing faster.
• Give winning the game your best.

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What does a
PARTICIPLE
Look like?
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A verb ending in ingOR -ed

• running
• poured
• laughing
• sliced
• sleeping

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What does a
PARTICIPLE
Act like?
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An ADJECTIVE!

• The girl running to the cafeteria is Mandy.
• We ate some sliced cucumbers.
• Laughing out loud, the student found it difficult
  to be quiet.