Question

Thinking himself to be a regular Adonis, Jonathan soon found his pride to be his Achilles heel.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:  

Verbal: thinking

Type of verbal: participle

A verbal is a word constituted by a verb yet operating as a different part of speech. A participle is a verbal that offices as an adjective. There are

two types of participles: Present Participles (always ending in -ing) and Past participles (regularly ending in -ed or -en, are formulated from the form of a verb applied with the verb to be as an auxiliary verb).

Answer 2

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "Verbal: found; Type of verbal: past." Thinking himself to be a regular Adonis, Jonathan soon found his pride to be his Achilles heel. Identify the verbal in the sentence below. Then, select the type of verbal.