This is a presentation explaining two verbals, Gerunds and Participles

1. By Tayler Mechtel

2.  Words that look like verbs but function as other parts of speech in a sentence
 Function as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, but NEVER verbs
 3 Kinds of Verbals
 Gerunds
 Participles
 Infinitives

3.  A verbal noun that always ends in –ing
 It’s used in every way a noun can be used
 Subject
 Direct Object
 Indirect Object
 Possessive Noun
 Possessive Adjective

4.  Can have an object
 Can be modified by adverbs or prepositional phrases
 Gerund with all of it’s modifiers is a Gerund Phrase
 Gerund Phrase starts with the Gerund and goes until a verb or punctuation
 Gerund Phrases always function as nouns

5.  Shauna won by making a twenty foot putt.
 Winning the tournament was a life long dream of mine.
 In a moment Lennie came crashing through the brush.

6.  Always modifies the noun
 Always placed near the noun they modify
 Verbal adjective that ends in
 -ing
 -ed
 -d
 -t
 -en

7.  Can have an object
 Can be modified by adverbs or prepositional phrases
 Participle with all of its modifiers is a participle phrase
 Participle phrases always function as adjectives

8.  Sounding its siren, the police car chased the driver.
 The hound baying on the moor frightened Sir Henry Baskerville.
 In the middle of the room stood a big square table littered with playing cards.
 A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side
to side.