Verbals

Question 1

What is a verbal?

Answer 1

Verbals are forms of verbs that are used as other parts of speech

Question 2

What are the three types of verbals?

Answer 2

Participles, gerunds, and infinitives

Question 3

What is a participle?

Answer 3

A verb form that may be used as a verb, adjective, or adverbial

Question 4

What are the two main classes of participle?

Answer 4

Present and past

Question 5

How do you form the present participle?

Answer 5

Add -ing to the base form of the verb

Question 6

How do you form the past participle?

Answer 6

Add -ed to the base for, of a regular verb or make the necessary change to an irregular verb.

Question 7

A participial phrase includes

Answer 7

The participle, it’s objects, complements, and modifiers.

Question 8

What is a gerund?

Answer 8

A verb form that takes the place of a noun (can also be referred to as a nominal)

Question 9

The gerund is created by

Answer 9

Adding -ing to the base form of the verb

Question 10

In the sentence “she loves skiing”, skiing is a ______, functioning as a ________.

Answer 10

Gerund, direct object

Question 11

True or false: a gerund may have modifiers.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What is an infinitive?

Answer 12

An infinitive can be used as a nominal, an adjective, or an adverbial. Most are marked by the word to

Question 13

How can you tell the difference between an infinitive and a prepositional phrase?

Answer 13

A verb would never immediately follow ‘to’ in a prepositional phrase, but it always will in the infinitive.

Question 14

In the sentence “His goal is to climb Mt. Everest.” is the infinitive functioning as a subject, object, or subject complement?

Answer 14

Subject complement

Question 15

In the sentence “To swim is my greatest love.” is the infinitive functioning as a subject, object, or subject complement?

Answer 15

Subject

Question 16

In the sentence “my friend Bud loves to ski.” is the infinitive functioning as a subject, object, or subject complement?

Answer 16

Object

Question 17

The infinitive, accompanied by objects, complements, or modifiers is called

Answer 17

An infinitive phrase

Question 18

What is a dummy element?

Answer 18

Also called an expletive. It takes the place of some words in the sentence, and fills the place of the subject.

Question 19

What is a split infinitive?

Answer 19

When the infinitive marker ‘to’ is separated from the verb by a misplaced word.

Question 20

“The workers need to completely redo our driveway.” has a split infinitive. How would you remedy this?

Answer 20

The workers need to redo our driveway completely.

Question 21

The perfect form implies

Answer 21

Action that ends.

Question 22

How do you create the perfect form of a present participle?

Answer 22

Use having with the past participle form of the verb.

Question 23

How do you create the perfect form of a gerund?

Answer 23

Combine having with the past participle of the verb.

Question 24

How do you create the perfect form of an infinitive?

Answer 24

Combine the infinitive marker ‘to’ followed by ‘have’ and the past participle of the verb.