What is VERBALS??

In traditional grammar, a verb form that functions in a sentence as a noun or a modifier rather than as a verb.

3 KINDS OF VERBALS:

• Gerund
• Infinitive
• Participle

GERUND

GERUND
-verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being.

GERUND

Example:
1.)Studying abroad may satisfy your desires in education.
2.)I remember waiting for my mom to pick me up in school when I was in gradeschool.

GERUND PHRASE
A gerund phrase will begin with a gerund, an ing word, and will include other modifiers and/or objects. Gerund phrases always function as nouns, so they will be subjects, subject complements, or objects in the sentence

Example:
Eating ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long, untamed hair.

Eating ice cream on a windy day = subject of my the verb can be.

DON'T MISTAKE A GERUND PHRASE FOR A PRESENT PARTICIPLE PHRASE.

Gerund and present participle phrases are easy to confuse because they both begin with an ing word. The difference is that a gerund phrase will always function as a noun while a present participle phrase describes another word in the sentence.

Example:
Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will result in disaster.

Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine = gerund phrase, the subject of the verb will result.

Example: Participle phrase

Last night I had to sleep on the couch because I found my dog Floyd hogging the middle of the bed.

Hogging the middle of the bed = present participle phrase describing Floyd.

POINTS TO REMEMBER:
1.)A gerund is a verbal ending in -ing that is used as a noun.
2.)A gerund phrase consists of a gerund plus modifier(s), object(s), and/or complement(s).

3)Gerunds and gerund phrases virtually never require punctuation.

INFINITIVE

When we use the word 'to' before a verb in a sentence, we are using the infinitive verb form. However, what can be confusing is that the infinitive phrase -- 'to' plus a verb -- does not act like a verb at all but rather takes on the role of a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence. For example, we have this famous sentence from Hamlet:

'To be or not to be: that is the question.'

The first phrase 'to be' is acting as the subject of the sentence. It is as if the verb phrase puts on the costume of a noun, adjective, or adverb and plays the role of a part of speech other than itself.

SPECIAL VERB + DIRECT OBJECT + INFINITIVE - TO

To split or not to split?
The general rule is that no word should separate the to of an infinitive from the simple form of the verb that follows. If a word does come between these two components, a split infinitive results

PARTICIPLE

PARTICIPLE
is a verbal that functions as an adjective.

2 KINDS OF PARTICIPLE

• Present Participle
• Past Participle

A. Present participles, always ending in -ing, are created from the form of a verb used with the verb to be ( am, is, are, was, were, been) as an auxiliary verb (progressive tense).
Ex.
The running man is my friend.
The boiling water inside the pot is hot.

B. Past participles, usually ending in -ed or -en, are created from the form of a verb used with the verb to be as an auxiliary verb (passive voice).
Ex.
The legendary stick was broken years ago.
The window were cracked by children.
My old cellphone was lost years ago.

Source:

• http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/verbalterm.html
• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/
• http://www.towson.edu/ows/verbals.html
• http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/infinitive.htm
• http:http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/infinitive-verb-form-definition-...

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