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LAC CC – Verbals
Agenda:
Reminders
Book Trailers
Participles
Participial Phrases
Gerunds
Infinitives
Reminders
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Character Sketch replaces Unit 2 Comp.
Memoirs are corrected
Reading Survey
Study Island
Book Trailers
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Lord of the Flies
Verbals
There are three…
Only three…
So, let’s see…
I’m having an
identity crisis.
Verb
Present Participles
Present participles are formed
by adding –ing to the plain form
of the verb.
Example: The laughing student
grinned like a Cheshire cat.
Past Participles
Past participles are formed by adding either –
ed, -d-, -t, -en, or –n to the plain form of the
verb. Others may be formed as irregular
verbs.
Ranger, my dachshund, had a bewildered look
on his face when the water from the nozzle in
her bathtub suddenly turned cold.
Examples:
The rapidly developing
storm kept small
boats in port.
The pleased student
smiled at the teacher.
Study these other participles. What form of
the verb may be used as a participle?
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lost child
broken plate
bent twig
woven fabric
losing game
writing pad
burning finger
hidden valley
written word
fallen tree
wooden heart
broken
promise
Participial Phrase
A participial phrase is a participle with its
modifiers and complements – all working
together as an adjective.
Flying low, the plane circled the airport.
The crowd standing on the ground watched the
airplane.
A cheer went up for the woman piloting the
small aircraft.
Painting with Parts of Speech: Participles
Participles can begin a sentence:
Chasing a tennis ball, the Golden Retriever
barreled across the backyard.
Participles can interrupt a sentence:
The Golden Retriever, chasing a tennis ball,
barreled across the backyard.
Participles can end a sentence:
The Golden Retriever barreled across the
backyard, chasing a tennis ball.
Examples of Participles and
Participial Phrases in Literature
Narrowing his beady eyes, he read the title of
one of the books.
—Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
The shirt was silk paisley, unbuttoned halfway
down his hairless chest.
—Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
Pedaling rapidly down the path, Jonas felt oddly
proud to have joined those who took the pills.
—Lois Lowry, The Giver
Then, propping the hatchet in a crack in the
rock wall, he had pulled the head of his spear
against it, carving a thin piece off each time,
until the thick end tapered down to a needle
point.
—Gary Paulsen, Hatchet
We pushed open the door to the back room and
found four or five little kids, about eight years
old or younger, huddled in a corner.
—S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
It slices above my right eyebrow, opening a
gash that sends a gush running down my face,
blinding my eye, filling my mouth with the sharp,
metallic taste of my own blood.
—Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
Arrange participles from literature:
Create a sentence with the sentence strips. Write the sentence, punctuating correctly,
and underline and label the participial phrases.
in the rear
sat
dressed not in his usual two-piece suit
feeling ridiculous
Artemis
but in normal teenager clothing
Let’s practice together:
Participles Practice Link:
Time to try your skill...
Gerunds
A gerund is a verb form used as a noun.
The gerund can be formed by adding –ing to the
present tense of the verb:
Jog
jogging
Jogging at night without reflective gear can be dangerous.
Gerunds
can be used as:
A subject:
Jogging is a popular form of exercise.
A direct object:
My sister enjoys jogging.
Enjoys what? jogging
An object of the preposition:
These shoes are made for jogging.
jogging shoes
participle
**Remember:
A participle is a verb form that
describes a noun.**
Gerunds in Literature
Think twice before speaking.
Seeing is believing.
Appetite comes with eating.
Pouring water on the fire is not the way to
quench it.
Riches are for spending. (F. Bacon)
Saying and doing are two things.
Let’s practice together:
• One person will come and type in the answer
as the class discusses it, and then we will
check it together.
• Link:
Gerund Practice
Infinitive: An infinitive is a verbal that
appears after the word to.
The “to” before the verb is called “The sign of the
infinitive.”
to run
to see
to hear
TO
The word “to” is a preposition when it is
followed by a noun or pronoun that is its
object.
I need a ride to the game.
We went to Jeff’s party.
prepositions
BUT
The word “to” turns into part of an infinitive when it is
followed by a verb
Eccleciastes 3:1-8
There is an appointed time for everything,
And a time for every affair under the heavens.
A time to be born, a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to reap;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to tear down, and a time to build;
A time to weep, a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Can you pick them out???
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather them;
A time to embrace, and a time to be far from
embraces;
A time to seek, a time to lose;
A time to keep, a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
A time to be silent, a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time of war, and a time of peace.
Let’s practice together:
Infinitive Practice Link:
What do you think?