Verbals 101

What is a Participle?

• used as a noun

• A word that has -ing in the end.

• A verbal that takes on a verb form but is used as an adjective.

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It is the thing that consists of a participial phrase besides an object, object complement, or any modifiers.

It is a verb form ending in -ing & is used as a noun

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Name the Participle.

A baby crying tearfully, while nibbling it's thumb, was trying to get

rest.

• nibbling

• while

• crying

• was

What is the participial phrase?

Having known her parents died, while hanging her clothes up, she cried.

• while hanging

• while hanging her clothes up

• hanging her clothes

• she cried

Find the Gerund in the sentence.

Yana was writing in her notebook..

• was

• writing

• in

• was writing

What is the Participal and Participial Phrase?

She swam in the sea, knowing her death was coming, and bravely saved her dear sister.

• P - was

  P PH- her death was coming

• P - her

  P PH - her death was coming

• P - coming

  P PH- was coming

• P - knowing

  P PH- knowing her death was coming

LOOK FOR THE PARTICIPLE

Having heard she was the best in class, she jumped with joy.

• was

• she was

• having heard

• heard

LOOK FOR THE GERUND

Louisa is dancing gracefully while looking at her book.

• looking at her book

• dancing gracefully

• dancing

• looking