Using Verbals

• Verbal - generally defined as verb forms used as another part of speech.
• 3 kinds of verbals:

  1. Gerunds
  2. Participles
  3. Infinitives
• Gerunds

  • Verb forms ending in - ing used as nouns.
• Gerund Phrase

  • Gerund with modifiers or a complement, all acting together as a noun.
• Gerunds and Infinitives may be used as:

  1. Subject of the sentence
  2. Subject Complement
  3. Direct Object
  4. Object of the preposition
  5. Appositive
• As a subject

  • Comes before the verbs both action and linking verbs.
• As a subject complement

  • Comes after the linking verb.
• As a direct object

  • Comes after action words or transitive verbs.
• As an appositive

  • Always between 2 commas.
• As an object of the preposition

  • Comes after the preposition.
• Infinitives

  • Form of a verb that generally appears with the word "to" and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
• Participles - verbals that functions as an adjective.
• 2 types of participles:

  1. Present Participle
  2. Past Participle
• Present Participle

  • Always ending in - ing.
• Past Participle

  • Has already happened.