Download Verbals- Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

VerbalsGerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
Sean Tovin
11/18/13
1st Academic
• Non-finite verb form that can function as a noun.
• The English gerund ends in –ing and the same verb form
serves as the English present participle.
• The gerund names the action of the verb.
Gerund
• There are three functions of a participle in a sentence1. Components of multipart verbs
2. Functioning as adjectives
3. Functioning as nouns
• Two typesPast and Present
Participle
Verb
Simple Simple
Present Past
Past
Present
Infinitive
Participle Participle
Bring
Bring(s)
Brought
Brought
Bringing
To bring
Sing
Sing(s)
Sang
Sung
Singing
To sing
Participles and Infinitives
• A verbal consisting of the word to plus a verb (ex: To
leave)
• Functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb
• May function as the subject, direct object, subject
complement, adjective, or adverb in a sentence.
Infinitives
Infinitives
Prepositional
Phrases
to fly, to draw, to become, to enter, to
exit, to stand, to catch.
To him, to the committee, to us, to the
mountains.
Infinitives VS P.P.
• "Welcome to the Purdue OWL." Purdue OWL: Gerunds,
Participles, and Infinitives. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/03/>.
• "The Participle." The Participle. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov.
2013.
<http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participle.htm>.
• "Research Report:." Research Report:. N.p., n.d. Web. 18
Nov. 2013. <http://ultimate-researchassistant.com/ResearchReport.asp?dtg=1384759965000>.
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