1. An imposter verb is a word that resembles a verb but functions as another part of speech such as a noun, adjective, or adverb. 2. There are three types of imposter verbs: participles which act as adjectives, gerunds which act as nouns, and infinitives which act as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. 3. The document provides examples of each type of imposter verb and asks the reader to identify imposter verbs in sentences.

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5. - Imposter -
An imposter is a person who
pretends to be someone else

6. Guess what would be our
today’s topic?

7. IMPOSTER
VERBS

9. - Session Objective -
● Recall what is a verb
● Identify Imposter verbs & verbs
● Tell the verb type - Action/Being/Helping
● Distinguish between verbs and imposter verbs

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What is Imposter verb?
● Words that resembles or look like verbs,
but they act either as nouns, adjectives,
or adverbs
● We call them imposter verbs, because
they will try to confuse you into thinking
they are verbs, but they are really not!

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Three kinds of Imposter Verbs -
Participles
Gerunds
Infinitives

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Participles -
Looks like Verb (police) but acts as an Adjective
(chor).
Example -
The cheering crowd yelled and screamed.
(Participle)

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It’s your turn to identify imposter
verb
➔ The crying baby slept later
➔ The jumping dog could not reach
the spot.
➔ Spoilt milk can be reused too.

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Gerunds-
Looks like Verb (police) but acts as a Noun (chor).
Gerunds always ends in “- ing”
Example -
Swimming is one of my favorite sport.
(Gerund)

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It’s your turn to identify
imposter verb
➔ Fishing is so much fun.
➔ Tharun is afraid of flying.
➔ Bhavya miss taught us dancing.

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Infinitives-
Infinitives acts like noun, adjectives or adverbs.
—---- t0 + verb = Infinitives
To run, to jump, to play, to cry, to climb
Example -
I love to run in marathons.
(Infinitive)

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It’s your turn to identify
Imposter verb
➔ I don’t understand why others do not want
to participate in the discussion.
➔ We planned to take a holiday
➔ Ashutosh asked Ashwin to send him a text
message

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Summing it up…
What are the three types of
Imposter verbs?

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3 types of Imposter Verbs:
➢ Participles - Act as adjectives.
End in –ed or –ing.
➢ Gerunds - Act as nouns.
End in –ing.
➢ Infinitives - Act as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
“to” + verb.