Nominal And Verbal Style
Four Styles Of Verbal Communication
Writers Workshop: Writer Resources.Grammar Handbook: Verbals and Verb PhrasesVerbals are verb forms which act as another part of speech in a sentence (i.e. As adjectives, nouns, and adverbs).Verbal phrases are verbals and any of the verb form's modifiers, objects, or complements. The three types of verbal phrases are participial, gerund, and infinitive phrases. Participial PhrasesParticipial Phrases are present participles or past participles and any modifiers, objects, or complements.
Nominal Sentence Examples In English
Participial phrases contain verbs which act as adjectives in a sentence.Examples:. Singing very softly, the boy lulled his baby brother to sleep.(the participial phrase works as an adjective, modifying 'boy'). The girls, frightened by the police car's headlights, quickly came down from the school's roof.(the participial phrase works as an adjective, modifying 'girls')Gerund PhrasesGerund Phrases contain verbs ending in -ing and any modifiers, objects, or complements. Gerund phrases act as nouns in a sentence.