Practice: Identifying Verbals

In each of the following sentences, identify whether the italicized word is used as a verb, participle, gerund, or infinitive.

Question 6.17

1. She loves playing the violin.

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Question 6.18

2. Playing the violin, she seemed a natural.

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C.
D.

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Question 6.19

3. She was playing the violin.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.20

4. It seems that everybody is jogging these days.

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D.

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Question 6.21

5. To ask too many questions is dangerous.

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C.
D.

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Question 6.22

6. Looking out the window, he saw troops in the street.

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D.

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Question 6.23

7. The protesters asked the president to step down.To ask too many questions is dangerous.

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D.

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Question 6.24

8. Riding her pony was how she spent most of her time.

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C.
D.

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Question 6.25

9. You’d have to be awfully lucky to win.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.26

10. The contractor asked the Planning and Zoning Commission for permission to build on the property.

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C.
D.

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Question 6.27

11. Miller has been writing a novel for three years.

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D.

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Question 6.28

12. Debaters like arguing.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.29

13. The candidates debating tonight are all independents.

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C.
D.

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Question 6.30

14. The couple downstairs did nothing but fight. (Hint: The word to is implied.)

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C.
D.

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Question 6.31

15. The minister said she felt chosen by God.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.32

16. Working story problems in math was not his idea of a good time.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.33

17. He asked her to write him often.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.34

18. Her team having lost in the playoffs, she didn’t watch the Stanley Cup finals.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.35

19. We have plenty of food to eat.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.36

20. The film star said her life was acting.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.37

21. She was driving fast.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.38

22. She loves driving fast.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.39

23. She loves to drive fast.

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B.
C.
D.

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Question 6.40

24. Driving too fast, she lost control of the car.

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D.

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Question 6.41

25. An accident was likely with the driver having gone too fast.

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C.
D.

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