Download 1. In a cloud of dust, Drip-Along Daffy rides across the desert with his

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DIRECTIONS: For each of the following sentences (1) draw parentheses around the
prepositional phrases (2) draw an arrow from the phrase to the word or grammatical unit that it
modifies (3) label the phrase with ADV or ADJ dependent upon whether it functions as an
adverbial or adjectival.
1. In a cloud of dust, Drip-Along Daffy rides across the
desert with his sidekick Porky.
2. The lawless western town of Snake-Bite Center is in
sore need of a sheriff.
3. Donning a sheriff’s badge, the daring duck may prove
the answer to the town’s woeful plight.
4. Once in the town, Daffy takes a drink at the bar,
oblivious to the approach of Nasty Canasta.
5. Nasty Canasta (rustler, bandit, AND square dance
caller) is both unpleasant and named after a popular
card game for some odd reason.
Verbals
Verbals are forms of a verb that are used not as verbs but as other parts
of speech. Verbals act very much like verbs: they may be modified by
adverbs and may have complements. Their chief function, however, is to act
as other parts of speech: adjective, noun, adverb. There are three types
of verbals: participles, gerunds, and
infinitives.
Participle
A participle is a verb form used as an
adjective. Present participles consist
of the plain form of the verb plus –ing.
Examples:
The drinking duck gulped.
Drinking is the present participle
modifying the noun duck. It answers
the question, “Which duck?”
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Glancing at the swinging western doors, Daffy shook his head.
Glancing is the present participle modifying the noun Daffy.
answers the question, “Which Daffy?”
It
Past participles consist of the plain form of the verb plus –d or –ed.
Example:
The hurried sidekick pig rode a mule.
Hurried is the past participle modifying the noun phrase sidekick
pig. It answers the question, “Which sidekick pig?”
Porky was not surprised.
Surprised is the past participle modifying the noun Porky.
answers the question, “Which one?”
It
DIRECTIONS: (1) Circle the participle (2) draw an arrow to the noun it modifies.
6. The “Wanted” Poster, faded and curled at the edges,
advertises a $5,000,000 reward for Nasty Canasta’s
corpse.
7. The intimidating villain Canasta bites off the end of
the newly drawn pistol of the ineffectual sheriff
Daffy.
8. Nasty Canasta then orders
“two of the usual,” a
bubbling and gurgling brew
concocted of poisons like
cobra fang juice and
hydrogen bitters.
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9. Reacting to the heat of the calamitous cocktail, the
singed ice cubes leap out of the glass and into a
fire bucket.
10. Canasta downs the drink with no side effects (other
than a flipping hat).
Gerund
A gerund is a verb form ending in –ing that is used as a noun.
Examples:
In Daffy’s case, drinking would be a bad idea.
Drinking is a gerund, in this case the subject of the sentence.
The ice cubes enjoy leaping about.
Leaping is a gerund, in this case the direct object.
DIRECTIONS: (1) Circle the gerund in the following sentences and identify whether it is a
subject (SUBJ), predicate nominative (PN), direct object (DO), indirect object (IO), object
complement (NP), or the object of a prepositional phrase (PP).
11. Besides drinking, what else can Daffy do?
12. Daffy’s dithering about downing the deadly draught
catches the attention of sidekick Porky.
13. Daffy’s stuttering
porcine pal takes a shot
of the bubbling brew, at
first showing no
discernible effect in
his manner of speaking.
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14. Soon, however, Porky’s declarations are delivered
in the manner of Elmer Fudd’s characteristic kind of
communicating, Rs replaced with Ws.
15. Porky’s thinking is also impaired, evidenced by his
non sequitur recitation of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
Infinitive
An infinitive is a verb form, almost always preceded by to, that is used as
a noun, adjective, or adverb.
Examples:
To overcome is sometimes difficult for the hapless duck.
To overcome is the infinitive functioning as a noun.
He is surely a water fowl to pity.
To pity is the infinitive functioning as an adjective.
Daffy was ready to go.
To go is the infinitive functioning as an adverb.
DIRECTIONS: (1) Circle the infinitive (2) Identify which part of speech it functions as
16. To settle the matter with Nasty Canasta, Daffy
decides to duel with him.
17. The two gunslingers soon
begin to walk down the
deserted street, spurs ajanglin all the while.
18. Having seemingly lost his
mind, Porky winds a
mechanical soldier equipped
with a miniature rifle to
shoot at Canasta.
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19. Picking up the harmless toy, Canasta’s reaction is to
laugh in dismissive disdain.
20. Alas for Nasty Canasta's plan to kill the looney
tunes duo, the gun fires a round, dispatching the
villain straight to Hell.
Mixed Practice
DIRECTIONS: Identify (circle) and label any participles, gerunds or infinitives in the following
sentences AND what part of speech they fulfill in the sentence (noun, adverb, adjective).
21. To know Nasty Canasta is to hate Nasty Canasta.
22. Brought back from the dead, the zombie Nasty Canasta
embarked on a killing spree, feasting on the
delicious brains of duck and pig.
23. Understanding the difference between Daffy and
an ordinary duck can be difficult.
24. To learn, Daffy must listen to Porky.
25. Nasty Canasta, biting through a genuine revolver,
cures his iron deficiency problem in a striking
manner.
Verbals (Summary and Review)
Noun
Gerund
(-ing form)
Infinitive
(to with base verb form)
Adjective
Participle
(-ing or –d/ed form)
Infinitive
(to with base verb form)
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Adverb
Infinitive
(to with base verb form)