As you have learned (§ 63), verbals are those forms of verbs that do not assert, but have some peculiarities of verbs. In their relation to the rest of the sentence, they are used exactly like the words you have just been studying, nouns and adjectives. Each verbal, therefore, resembles two parts of speech, - a verb and a noun, or a verb and an adjective.

Exercise 232

Analyze the sentences. Select the verbals not found in verb phrases. Of what verb is each a form? Decide whether each is used as an adjective or as a noun. When the root form is preceded by to, give the construction of the two words taken together.

1. The boys hurrying down the street are going to a ball game.

2. One day, in pursuing a deer, Robin was led into the Earl's park.

3. He was an old man, loved by the poor and hated by the rich.

4. Sir Guy's rival tried to take his life.

5. Many birds, driven forward by the wind, were dashed against telegraph wires.

6. She stopped making excuses.

7. You need not do the errand until morning.

8. Galloping up to the dragon, Sir Guy pierced him through and through.

9. To work every day in the year is bad policy. 10. Words spoken hastily are often regretted.