Verbals%20and%20Verbal%20Phrases

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Verbals and Verbal Phrases

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Verbal

• A word that is from a verb and that acts as a
  noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
• Candy looked tired yesterday
• Crying is lame

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Gerund

• A verbal that ends in ing and acts as a noun.
• Inventing can be dangerous.

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Gerund Phrase

• A gerund plus its modifiers and complements.
• Writing Frankenstein must have given Mary Shelly
  goose bumps.

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Using Gerund Phrases

• As long as the gerund or gerund phrase is not
  acting as a verb.it is a verbal.
• Underline the gerund phrase.
• Calling the monster Frankenstein is a mistake.
• Frankensteins error was creating the monster.
• I like watching horror movies
• The monster was responsible for killing three
  people.

subject
Predicate noun
Direct object
object of a preposition
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Participle

• Verb form that acts as an adjective
• There are two kinds of participles.
• Present Participle
• Always ends in ing
• The eerily creaking door swung open.

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Participle

• There are two kinds of participles.
• Past Participle
• Always (well almost always) ends in ed
• The deserted building was old and decrepit.
• Fallen bricks blocked the entry.

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Participle Phrase

• A participial phrase consists of a participle
  plus its modifiers and complements.
• The entire phrase modifies a noun or pronoun

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Participle Phrase

• They spied a shape lurking in the dark shadows.
• Frightened by the sight, they stopped cold.

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Participle PhraseorPrepositional Phrase?

• If a verb follows to it is a participle phrase.
• If a noun or pronoun follows to it is a
  prepositional phrase

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ING words

• Whats that scampering sound?
• Its the scampering of rodents.
• Mice are scampering beneath the floorboards.
• Identify the participle, gerund, and verb.

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Infinitive

• A verb form that usually begins with the word to
  and acts as a noun, adjective , or adverb.
• Mars is a place some people want to visit.

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Infinitive Phrase

• An infinitive plus its modifiers and complements.
• To believe in life on Mars was common in the
  1930s.
• Martians might use flying saucers to invade
  Earth.
• I took time to read an old science fiction book.

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Participle PhraseorPrepositional Phrase?

1. Of all the planets, Mars is most similar to
   Earth.
2. It was easy to imagine creatures on Mars.
3. Would you like to travel to Mars?
4. I prefer to go to libraries for information.

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Using Infinitive Phrases
Underline Infinitive Phrases and identify as
nouns, adverbs, or adjectives.
subject

• To colonize Mars is a real Possibility.
• Science fiction writers wrote about little green
  Martians to scare readers.
• My dream is to live on Mars
• Even some scientists believed Mars to be
  inhabited.

adverb
Predicate noun
adjective
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• Pg 171 A 1-5
• Write down gerund phrase
• Underline gerund
• Pg 174- A 1-5
• Write participial phrase and underline
  participle.
• Do Part B
• Pg 177-A 1-5
• Write down infinitive phrase
• underline infinitive.