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A verbal is a verb form which functions as a noun or an adjective. In English, there
are three types of verbals:
Participles (past participles and present participles).
Gerunds
Infinitives
Verbals (Participles)
A participle is a verb form which functions as an adjective.
There are two types of participles: the present participle (ending ing) and the past
participle (usually ending -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n).
An infinitive as a noun:
To win was everything.
(The infinitive is the subject of was.)
Compare it to this:
Winning was everything.
(This proves that the infinitive to win is being used a noun.)
An infinitive as an adjective:
It is an appropriate saving to propose.
(The infinitive modifies saving. This means it is functioning as an adjective.)
Compare it to this:
It is an appropriate saving that he proposed.
(The clause that he proposed is an adjective clause. This proves that the infinitive to
propose is being used an adjective.)
An infinitive as an adverb:
The man paid to watch.
(The infinitive modifies the verb paid. This means it is functioning as an adverb.)
Compare it to this:
The man paid so he could watch.
(The clause so he could watch is an adverbial clause. This proves that the infinitive
to watch is being used an adverb.)
Read more about infinitives.