DO NOT WRITE ON THIS VERBALS TEST: MS. WILE
Part 1: Answer each question. Answers do not have to be in complete sentences. Each question is worth
one point.
1. What is a verbal?
2. What are the three types of verbals?
3. With what does a gerund always end?
4. What are the endings of participles?
5. How does an infinitive always begin?
6. Helping verb + “ing” word = _________?
7. “ing word” + helping verb= __________?
8. What part of speech is a gerund?
9. What is a subject when in a sentence?
10. What type/s of verbal/s can be the subject of a sentence?
11. What is a direct object?
12. What type/s of verbal/s can act as direct objects?
13. What are the two types of participles?
14. What part of speech does a participle act as?
15. What parts of speech do infinitives act as? (3 types)
16. Will verbals ever act as verbs in the sentences they are in?
17. What does an adjective describe?
18. What do adverbs describe?
i.
What questions do I ask to ii.
What questions do I ask to
find an adverb?
find adjectives?
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Part 2: Answer each question.
Answers do not have to be in complete sentences. Each question is worth three points. You must:
1. Write the verbal.
a. What type is it?
2. Write the part of speech for the verbal.
a. Noun/verb/adjective/adverb
3. Write the job of the verbal or write the word it describes
a. Jobs= subject or direct object or write the word the verbal describes
27-29 Singing in the shower is sometimes a very bad habit.
a. _______________ b. _______________ c. ________________
30-32. Being informed, I knew what to expect.
a. ________________ b. ______________ c.___________________
33-35: The man to hire is that applicant in the dark glasses.
a. ________________ b. ______________ c.___________________
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS VERBALS TEST: MS. WILE