Identifying the verbal form and its function in the sentence
<em>Could you help me find my running shoes?</em>
running is a participle functioning as an adjective and it defines what kind of shoes they are, which means they are not, for example, dancing shoes or hiking shoes.
Adverb describe (modify) verbs and other adverbs. When looking for an adverb, you must first find the verb. In the first sentence, the verb is took. Off is also an adverb, but ask yourself, took off "how"? If you can answer that (with quickly and cautiously), that is your adverbial phrase. From an overnight rain, over the surface, and around the track are all prepositional phrases. Warm and shining are describing the sun, so they are adjectives.
Today's practice: first, warm up; second, drills; third, scrimmage; then, cool down.
I hope this is what you were looking for.
If not, sorry, but I really think it is correct.
