identify the phrases as prepositional infinitive or participial
Participial phrases always function as adjectives within a sentence. Gerund phrases. Gerund phrases consist of a gerund and any objects and/or modifiers. A gerund phrase can look similar to a participial phrase because the gerund has the same form as the present participle.The main difference is that the gerund (phrase) functions as a noun (ie.subject, object, subject complement, appositive), and the participial phrase as an adjective. Verbal Phrases. By clicking on a bubble, identify the highlighted verbal phrase as infinitive, participial, or gerundive. verbal is a verb form that does not serve as a verb in the sentence. Instead, it functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. There are three types of verbals: infinitive, participial, and gerund.