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3 years ago

Identify the verbal and its function in the sentence:

2 answers:

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1) The answer is B. "My running shoes", the present participle running in this sentence has the function of an adjective. (Shoes to run)

2) The answer is C. Hoping is a present participle with the function of an adverb. (We were hopeful)

3) The answer is B. I would rather be sleeping. The gerund sleeping has the function of a verb. (I prefer to sleep.)

Katarina [22]3 years ago

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First of all, it is important to state that a verbal is a verb form which acts as a noun or an adjective. There are three types of verbals: Participles (past participles and present participles), Gerunds and Infinitives.

Could you help me find my running shoes?
"running" is a participle functioning as an adjective since it is modifying the noun "shoes".

We were hoping to begin a game of chess.
"to begin" is an infinitive functioning as a noun (to identify its function, you may ask the question: What were you hoping?, and the answer is "to begin a game of chess")

I would rather be sleeping!
"sleeping" is a gerund functioning as a noun. Although gerunds look like present participles (because they end with -ing), a gerund is a noun not an adjective.

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