TYPES OF VERBALS

Types and Examples of Verbals

• Infinitives
  Verbals (often preceded by the particle to) that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
  - "We can only learn to love by loving."
  - "The big thing is to try to be in position when the quarterback throws the ball
• Gerunds
  Verbals that end in -ing and function as nouns.
  - "We can only learn to love by loving." "From the cookstove came the soft singing of burning Wood" 
• Participles
  Verbals that function as adjectives.
  - "I want a good sensible loving child, one to whom I can tell all my most precious candy-making secrets—while I am still alive.”
  - "From the cookstove came the soft singing of burning wood and now and then a throaty bubble rose from a pot of simmering greens."
  - "Our loved ones do not go on forever, in spite of what we may allow ourselves to believe."
  (Karen Henderson)