Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Infinitives Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-graded quiz/exercise on Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Infinitives Exercise 5
This is a 10-question, self-graded quiz/exercise on Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Infinitives Exercise 6
This is a 10-question, self-graded quiz/exercise on Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Between Adverbials and Adjectivals
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials and Adjectivals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguish Between Adverbials and Adjectivals Exercise 2
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials and Adjectivals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Between Adverbials and Adjectivals Exercise 4
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials and Adjectivals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Between Adverbials and Adjectivals Exercise 5
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials and Adjectivals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Between Adverbials, Adjectivals, and Nominals
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials, Adjectivals, and Nominals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Adverbials, Adjectivals, Nominals Exercise 2
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials, Adjectivals, and Nominals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Adverbials, Adjectivals, Nominals Exercise 3
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials, Adjectivals, and Nominals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Adverbials, Adjectivals, Nominals Exercise 4
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials, Adjectivals, and Nominals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Adverbials, Adjectivals, Nominals Exercise 5
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials, Adjectivals, and Nominals.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Adverbials, Adjectivals, Nominals Exercise 6
This is a 20-question, self-grading quiz/exercise on Distinguishing between Adverbials, Adjectivals, and Nominals.
Get It Write
Get It Write: Using the Possessive Case With Gerunds
This site gives a very clear explanation of a gerund and its noun qualities. This resource explains how to use the possessive case with a gerund. A quiz is provided to check understanding of this concept.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Elementary Rules of Usage
Passage from William Strunk's "Elements of Style" explains how the placement of a participial phrase determines if it refers to the subject of the sentence. Examples.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Gerund Phrase
This grammar tutorial for understanding the gerund phrase demonstrates how to use gerund phrases properly in sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Gerund
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a gerund in the context of a sentence.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: The Writing Center: Verbals
After a discussion and explanation of verbals in general, this site specifically discusses the gerund and the participle (with a link to the infinitive) and also provides examples of each.
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Verbals: The Basics
This site defines verbals and provides several examples, but it also goes through several steps to verbal identification.
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Verbal Practice Exercise
This is a twenty-question worksheet with multiple choice answers about identifying the correct type of verbal that is used in a sentence (gerund, participle, infinitive). Answers are available through a link at the bottom.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Nominalizations
This tutorial begins with a slide show which defines nominalizations; gives examples of adjectives and adverbs changed into nouns, gerunds, and infinitives. Practice with simplifying nominalizations is provided. It also offers a YouTube...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives (English I Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Edit an essay, adding verbals as needed.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Gerunds
This is a very good synopsis of the uses of verb forms called gerunds, participles, and infinitives. Each section has a short practice exercise for which the answers are available.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Verbals Are
Verbals are verbs disguised as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Verbals come in three forms: gerunds, infinitives, and participles. Gerunds are verbs that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Participles end in "-ing," "-ed," "-d," "-t,"...