Verbals: Quiz 2

Please identify the past participle in the following sentence:

Jo loves the sight of folded laundry.

Please identify the present participle in the following sentence:

Kirsten spent so much time studying that she didn’t get much sleep.

What kind of verbal does the following sentence contain?

The best thing you can do for me is to leave me alone.

Please determine what kinds of verbals the following sentence contains:

Emma always liked telling her husband that he had to choose: either the house would look beautiful, or she would.

How many verbals does the following sentence contain?

While designing her new garden, Cynthia debated whether to add a sandbox.

Which verbal would work in the blank space?

George liked ______ to Mark Knopfler’s mellow version of the blues.

In the following sentence, a verbal is acting like an adjective. Please identify this verbal:

Avery grimaced and decided that this was the last time he would participate in a thumb war with his bone crunching Lego Mindstorms robot.

How many verbals does the following sentence contain?

Sean liked taking photos of worn clothes.

Please identify the past participle in the following sentence:

Many voters, awed by success, believe that a rich person would make a more astute politician.

How many infinitives does the following sentence contain?

Mike really wanted to learn how to braid a friendship bracelet.