Verbals and Verbal Phrases Practice

4. Identify the past participle or participial phrase:

http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr07/p The passage, translated into three
age_build.cfm?id=quiz&ch=7 languages, foretold a terrible tragedy.

(A) the passage

1. Identify the infinitive or infinitive phrase:
I am eager to take any Saturday job.
(B) into three languages
(A) am eager
(C) translated into three languages
(B) any Saturday job
(D) none of the above.
(C) to take any Saturday job
5.
(A) Jay enjoyed
(D) none of the above

(B) floating on the raft

2. Identify the infinitive or infinitive phrase:

To shell walnuts is difficult. (C) enjoyed floating

(A) To shell walnuts (D) none of the above

(B) is difficult
6. Identify the gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentenc
(C) shell Riding the Mad Butterfly upsets Becky's stomach.

(A) Riding the Mad Butterfly

(D) none of the above

(B) upsets Becky's stomach

3. Identify the present participle or participial phrase:

The flailing duck quacked at us as a warning. (C) Riding

(A) quaked at us (D) none of the above

(B) flailing duck

7. Choose the answer that tells how the capitalized phrase is use
(C) as a warning Sandy, ENCOURAGED BY ALL OF US, told her story.

(A) subject of verb

(D) none of the above

(B) object of verb

 (C) adjective phrase: SueAnne came in out of the rain, DRIPPING WET.

(A) participial phrase

8. Choose the answer that tells how the capitalized phrase is used: Mr.
Wells assigned READING TWO CHAPTERS. (B) gerund phrase

(A) adjective
10. Choose the answer that correctly describes the capitalized
(B) object of verb word or phrase: CHEATING never gets you anywhere.

(C) adverb (A) participial phrase

(B) gerund phrase

9. Choose the answer that correctly describes the capitalized word or
WRITTEN GRAMMAR ASSIGNMENT: On the back of this paper, write a story about one of your pets
(present or past). Write about any animal if you’ve never had a pet : ( In the story, use at least one infinitive,
two gerunds, and two participles. 3-4 sentences should do it.

An Ode to My Deceased Cat

Our oldest cat, Ugly Bug, was the leftover kitten in an

adorable litter of nine. Well, almost adorable. Ugg (as we
later called her) was a spotted runt who looked like a mixture
of ten scrappy, mismatched cats. Feeling sorry for the little
thing, we claimed her after all the others were adopted. She
grew up to be the best cat ever. Ugg was very affectionate;
and loved purring loudly when she got her way.

(sample sentence with participles, an infinitive and a gerund)