Verbals

Verbals are verb parts functioning as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.

So what does that mean?

Three types of verbals

• Infinitive
• Past Participle
• Present Participle

Infinitive

• to + verb
• noun: To eat now is inconvenient.
• Adjective or adverb: Still,we have far to go.
• Infinitive- a verb's SIMPLE or BASE form. 

Participles

Past Participle

• -ed form of regular verb or equivalent in irregular verb.
• regular: Boiled, filtered water is safe.
• irregular: eat, eaten; bend, bent; think, thought.
• A little thought before action is always helpful.

Present Participle

• A verb's -ing form can function as a noun.
• Noun: Eating in diners on the road is an adventure.
• adjective: Running water may not be safe.
• Think of 3 sentences using present participles.