Sentence Complexity and Embedding

Gerunds, Infinitives and Participles

Activity 12.8: Answers

Exercise 1: We have used the term participle before in this class.  Can you recall what it refers to?  Write what you can remember here:

A participle is a verb form that is used in some tenses to help show voice and aspect. There are two participles: the present participle, which is the -ing form and is used in preogressive aspect, and the past participle, which is called the -en form and is used in passive voice and perfect aspect.

Now we will see a new use of participle forms.

Exercise 2: Read the sentences below and see if you can identify a word that looks like a verb but performs a non-verb function.  Underline it.

1. The crying baby kept me awake all night.
2. The defeated team walked off the field.
3. A very exciting offer arrived in the mail today.
4. Someone left a partially eaten sandwich in the refrigerator.
5. Dilbert bought an overpriced TV.
6. Several students fell asleep during the professor’s long and boring lecture.
7. The mystery story kept me quite puzzled until the end.