Verbals and Verbal Phrases !!AWESOME!! I’m taking grades on your notes….so…I guess…take that as you may

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

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

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

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. Frankenstein’s 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

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.

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.

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

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

Participle Phrase or Prepositional Phrase? If a verb follows to it is a participle phrase. If a noun or pronoun follows to it is a prepositional phrase

ING words What’s that scampering sound? It’s the scampering of rodents. Mice are scampering beneath the floorboards. Identify the participle, gerund, and verb.

Infinitive Mars is a place some people want to visit. 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.

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.

Participle Phrase or Prepositional Phrase? Of all the planets, Mars is most similar to Earth. It was easy to imagine creatures on Mars. Would you like to travel to Mars? I prefer to go to libraries for information.

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

Pg 171 – A 1-5 Pg 174- A 1-5 Pg 177-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.