VERBAL

English Reg_QE
Verbals- is a form of verb that does not function as a verb. Instead, it functions as a noun,
adjective, or adverb in the sentence.
Types of Verbals
Gerund
Infinitive
Participle
Gerund
A gerund- is a verb form that ends in-ing and functions as a noun.
Examples:
Fishing is relaxing.
Aunt Betty loves baking.
Joshua is better at painting than I am.

Explanation:
In the first sentence, fishing is used as the subject of the sentence. In the second, baking is
used as a direct object. In the last example, painting is used as the object of the preposition.
They all function as nouns.
Example as predicate nominative:
Mr. Gonzales is our debate coach.
Predicate nominative- is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or explains
the subject.
Infinitive
An infinitive- is formed by using to with the base form of the verb. It can function as a noun,
adjective, or adverb.
Examples:
To fish is something I love to do.
Joshua has a portrait to paint.

Explanation:
In the first sentence, to fish functions as a noun, and to do functions as an adverb. In the
second sentence, to paint functions as an adjective.
Participle
A participle may be in the present participle form (ending in- ing) or in the past participle form
(ending in-d, -ed, -t, -n, or- en). It functions as an adjective.
Example:
The singing waiters entertained the diners.
The broken machine was gathering dust.

Explanation:
Singing is used as an adjective for waiters while broken was used as an adjective for machine.
Gerund Phrase- is a gerund with modifiers and complements- all working together as noun.
Examples:
Travelling inexpensively is a necessity for them.
Painting landscape is Rebecca’s special talent.

Infinitive Phrase- is an infinitive with its modifiers and complements- all working together
as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
Examples:
Everyone on the committee promises to work hard.
To win at chess requires concentration and patience.
Participial Phrase- is a participle with its modifiers and complements- all working together as
an adjective.
Examples:
Purring softly, the cat seemed very contented.
The instructions, written in French, were impossible for me to read.

Imagery- is language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.
Imagery- is language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the
reader.
Simple Imagery is a descriptive language that has the ability of appealing to the five human senses.

Types of Imagery
1. Visual imagery- the poet appeals to the reader’s sense of sight by describing something the
speaker or narrator of the poem sees. Includes colors, brightness, shapes, sizes, and patterns.
In here, poet often use metaphor, simile, or personification in their description.

2. Auditory imagery- appeal to the reader’s sense of hearing or sound. It may include music and
other pleasant sounds, harsh noises, or silence.
Poet might also use a sound device like onomatopoeia, or words that imitate sounds.
Gustatory imagery- the poet appeals to the reader’s sense of taste by describing something
the speaker or narrator of the poem tastes. Includes sweetness, sourness, saltiness,
savoriness, or spiciness.
This is especially effective when the poet describes a taste that the reader has experienced
before and can recall from sense memory.

Tactile imagery- the poet appeals to the reader’s sense of touch by describing something the
speaker of the poem feels on their body. May include the feel of temperatures, textures, and
other physical sensations.

Olfactory imagery- the poet appeals to the reader’s sense of smell by describing something
the speaker of the poem inhales. May include pleasant fragrances or off- putting odors.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
By: William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
STUDENT DOES
TEACHER DOES
What should you be doing?
What will I be doing?