PPT-Types of Gerund Phrases Basic Info about Gerunds and Gerund Phrases

Gerunds words that look like verbs and act like a nouns You can spot a gerund by looking for a verb ing that is acting as a noun Swimming is fun Swim is a verb Swimming is a verb with . Daniel V. McCaffrey Randolph-Macon College Special Notes on the Gerund: The Gerund is a verbal noun . Therefore it has only one ge In the same way the Romans used the infiniti Nominative XXXXXX Grammar. A gerund is a verb form ending in –. ing. that is used as a noun. Gerunds, like nouns, can be used as subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions.. Phrases. A group of related words that lacks either a subject or a predicate or both. fearing an accident. at the lake’s edge. Categories of Phrases. I. Prepositional Phrases. A. Adjectival. B. Adverbial. Gerund: . a verbal . NOUN. Built on present active stem (2. nd. principal part -re/-. rī. /-ī). -. ND. - added. 2. nd. decl., neuter, singular. Only . FOUR. forms:. GEN. : -ī, “of … -. ing. Verbals. Participle. A . participle. is a verbal, which looks like a verb. And acts like an adjective. . Present participles end in –. ing. (as in swimming).. Past participle end in –. ed. (as in remembered),. OH HOW FUN! . definition. VERBAL IS A VERB FORM USED AS ANOTHER PART OF SPEECH. TYPES OF VERBALS. . 1. GERUNDS. . 2 . INFINITIVES. 3. PARTICIPLES. GERUNDS. A VERB FORM END IN . ING. AND IS USED AS A NOUN. What is a Verbal?. A . verbal. . is the . form of a verb used as a noun, . adjective, . or adverb.. Identifying verbals . in a sentence can . be somewhat . tricky – verbals are NOT . verbs. !. Gerunds. Gerundive . What is a gerundive?. Future passive participle. Functions as an adjective. When used with . ad. or . causa. it shows purpose. When used with . est. it shows obligation . It declines like a 1. A gerund is a word that looks like a verb but acts as a noun. It ends in –. ing. .. Ex. . Inventing. can be dangerous.. A gerund phrase includes a gerund plus its modifiers and complements.. Ex. . VS.. participial . phrases. 2. To talk about actions, we must give them names. We give actions names by adding –. ing. to verbs, thus changing the verbs into nouns which we call by the special name of gerunds. gerund and. a gerund phrase used as the object of a preposition. Participial Phrases. 2. To talk about actions, we must give them names. We give actions names by adding –. ing. to verbs, thus changing the verbs into nouns which we call by the special name of gerunds.. phrase. is a group of words that does not include a subject and verb and cannot stand alone as a sentence.. Kinds of Phrases. Prepositional phrases. Appositive phrases. Participial phrases. Gerund phrases. ing. form) that function as a noun. It is from Latin, . gerendum. , . gerundive of . gerere. , . meaning carry on. There are five basic functions of gerund: 1) as a subject of a verb, 2) as an object of a verb, 3) as an object of a preposition, 4) as a complement of a verb to be, and 5) as an appositive. Infinitive. Verbal Phrase = . A phrase that is centered around a . verb form. .. This . verb form . is . NOT. used as a verb in the sentence. It is used as a . noun. , . adjective. . or . adverb. ..