PPT-Gerunds and Gerund Phrases

Learning grammar is awesome What is a verbal When a verb form is used as a noun an adjective or an adverb is it called a verbal Last time we talked about verb forms used as adjectives . 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 31. Gerunds. Gerundives. The Passive Periphrastic. 1. Gerunds. If participles are verbal adjectives, . gerunds. . are . verbal nouns. .. We have gerunds in English, just like we do participles. In English, gerunds end in . 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.. Gerunds . Participles. Infinitives. Gerunds. A gerund is a verb form ending in . –. ing. . that is used as a noun. It is part verb and part noun. Formed by adding -. ing. to the plain form of the verb. Misc. Points of Syntax: Ablative Absolute, Indirect Statement, . Supines. , Gerunds, Gerundives, . Passive Periphrastic, . etc.. Ablative Absolute. The . Ablative Absolute . (=. A. 2. ). . is a common use of . 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. 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. 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 . 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.. Participial Phrases. 2. . Gerund phr.. Buying the paint on sale . saved . us twenty dollars.. Subject Verb. . Participle phr.. Thinking it was cold,. . I picked . up the hot pan.. 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.