VERBS PART 2

INFINITIVE THERE ARE THREE VERB FORMS (VERBALS) WHICH ARE USED IN OTHER PARTS OF SPEECH INFINITIVE – USUALLY INTRODUCED WITH “TO” (TO SEE; TO GO). PRESENT INFINITIVE (PRESENT TENSE OF VERB TO SEE…). PERFECT INFINITIVE (TO HAVE BEFORE THE PAST PARTICIPLE) “TO HAVE SEEN, TO HAVE GONE…

GERUNDS GERUND – VERBAL ENDING IN “ING” CAN TAKE AN OBJECT CAN BY MODIFIED WITH ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB SOMETIMES CALLED “PARTICIPIAL NOUN” NAME OF THE ACTION (TRYING IS COMMENDABLE); (DON ENJOYS READING HISTORY.)

PARTICIPLE VERBAL WITH SOME PROPERTIES OF VERB AND SOME OF ADJECTIVE – USED AS ADJECTIVE TO MODIFY NOUN OR PRONOUN; MAY TAKE OBJECT PRESENT PARTICIPLE – ENDS IN ING GOING ON AT THE TIME PAST PARTICIPLE – COMPLETED ACTION PERFECT PARTICIPLE – HAVING AND PAST PARTICIPLE