Try It!
– In each sentence below, label the subject S, label the
verb V, and underline the verbal.
 Remember: the subject and the verbal may be the
same word.
1. My friends and I enjoy playing soccer.
2. Would you like to join us for dinner?
3. The leaping dog jumped over the creek.
4. Racing motorcycles is dangerous.
5. His broken glasses cannot be fixed.
6. I started to work on my research paper.
Answers:
In each sentence below, identify the subject, verb, and
verbal.
1. My friends and I enjoy playing soccer.
(gerund)
2. Would you like to join us for dinner?
(infinitive)
3. The leaping dog jumped over the creek.
(participle)
4. Racing motorcycles is dangerous. (gerund)
5. His broken glasses cannot be fixed.
(participle)
6. I started to work on my research paper.
(infinitive)