NAME CLASS DATE. for CHAPTER 6: THE PHRASE pages 147-156 | Verbals and Verbal Phrases A verbal isa word that is formed from a verb but used as noun, an adjective, cor an adverb, There are thre kinds of verbals: the participle, the gerund, and the infinitive. A verbal that has modifiers or coraplements i called a yerbal phrase Below are some examples of verkal phrases. PARTICIPIAL PHRASE. The language spoken by the greatest numbor of people Is Mandarin. [The past participle spoken bogins a phrase that modifies the noun anguage.] GERUND PHRASE For some people, learning a foreign language can be a challenge. [The gerund learning bepins 8 phrase used as the subject ofthe verb can be.) INFINITIVE PHRASE | am learning to speak Japanese. [The infinitive ‘o speak begins u phrase used as the dcec object of the verb am learning] EXERCISE A Underline the verbal or verbal phrase in each of the following sentences. Above each vetbal or verbal phrase, write gerund, gerund phrase, participle, participial phrase, infinitive, or infinitive phrase. Pa ‘The plan accepted by the mayor involved a tax cut Paula expected the paper airplane to fly. Feeling dizzy, Helena stopped and took a break. ‘The weight of the sack made it difficult to cary ‘My uncle from Michigan enjoys canoeing ‘The squeaking wheel alerted the mechanic to a potential problem, 7. Getting up early in the morning is sometimes a challenge. 8, Webought a new wrench to fix the leaky favcet. 9. ‘The forgoten treasure lay at the bottom ofthe sea for three hundred years. 410. Fascinated Pepe stood and admired the mural for severl hours, ane pe EXERCISE 8 Decide how the underlined word groups are used in each of the folowing sentences, Options for each sentence are given in parentheses. Circle the correct option. Underlying content Copyright by Hot, Rincart and Winston, Additions und changes 90 to theunderlying content athe responsibility of the instructor.Example 1, Colina ring Dag ae mb prick Ro mh 11. The easiest part ofthe projects cutting out the putter. (direct object or predicate nominative) 12. The tools used by some ancient cultures are impressive. (adverb or adjective) 13. Running five miles per week is Joanna’ goal. (subject or direc object) 14. They went to the park to havea picnic. (adverb or adiective) 45. The coach's philosophy is o practice every day. (predicate nominative or iret object) ‘Undetying content Copyright by Holt, Rinchart and Winston. Additions and changes 91 to the underlying content are tho responsibility ofthe instructr.