English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 8

ELA21.8.16a

Identify gerunds, participles, infinitives, and clauses.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Gerunds, participles, and infinitives are types of verbals.
  • A verbal is a word derived from a verb that functions in a sentence as a noun or modifier rather than as a verb.
  • A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb and clauses are used to form sentences or parts of sentences.

Skills

  • Identify the correct and incorrect usage of gerunds, participles, infinitives, and clauses.

Understanding

  • The correct use of gerunds, participles, infinitives, and clauses is important to clearly communicate in writing.

Vocabulary

  • Gerund
  • Participles
  • Infinitives
  • Clauses
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