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English
8th
grade
Participles & Infinitives
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Participles and Infinitives are both verbals. This means they are formed from what part of speech?
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
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Infinitives can function as what part of speech?
Nouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
All of the above
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Participles function as what part of speech?
Nouns
Adverbs
Verbs
Adjectives
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What is the formula to identify infinitives in a sentence?
To + a verb
To + a noun
To + an adjective
To + an adverb
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What is the participle in the following sentence: A new tennis ball, covered thickly with fuzz, bounces a bit slowly.
Fuzz
Thickly
Covered
Bounces
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What is the participle in the following sentence: Homesteaders needed fenced land to farm.
Needed
Land
To farm
Fenced
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Identify the participles in the following sentence: Battered and bruised, the man won the boxing match.
Battered
Bruised
Boxing
Battered and bruised
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What is the participle in the following sentence: The horse, trotting up to the fence, hopes that you have an apple or carrot.
Trotting
Hopes
Apple
Carrot
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What is the participle in the following sentence: Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.
Jumped
Enjoying
Wildly
Threw
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What is the participle in the following sentence: Braking too late, Judy hit the car in front of her.
Judy
Hit
Car
Braking
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What is the participle in the following sentence: William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.
Hidden
Stepped
Clump
Monkey
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What is the participle in the following sentence: Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.
Flower
Sadly
Smiled
Wilting
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence: I like to run.
I
To run
Like
Run
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence: I went to school yesterday and made a 97 on my math quiz.
To school
I went
Made
No infinitives
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence: Do you want to go to the mall with me today?
To go
To the
Mall
Today
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence: I want to sing as loud as I can at the concert.
I want
Concert
To sing
To
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence: Sarah's deepest desire was to perform.
Sarah's deepest
Deepest desire
To perform
Was to
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence: Ms. Coleman wants to sleep.
Wants to
Wants sleep
Ms. Coleman
To sleep
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence: When Kathy's arms got tired, Robert decided to row.
When Kathy's
Decided to
Robert decided
To row
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence: The guests to the party were beginning to arrive.
To the
Guests to
To arrive
Party were