1. VERBS
PART 2

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…

3. 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.)

4. 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