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(Code and Color Key)
Verbs That Function as Adjectives
"How to" and "What to"
Analysis Key
| This is an exercise in verbals, a KISS Level Four
construction. I would not expect fourth graders to master the concept of
verbals, so the purpose of the exercise is to introduce students to these
constructions, not to have them master them. Put differently, this exercise
will help many students understand why they are underlining some verbs
and not underlining others. These sentences are either from, or modeled
on, sentences written by students for the 2004 North
Carolina Trainer's Manual. |
1. I was
finally going
to learn how
(DO) to swim [Adj. to "how"].
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2. Alice knew
what (DO)
to say [Adj. to "what"].
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3. I didn't
know
how (DO)
to swim [Adj. to "how"].
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4. I didn't
know
what (DO)
to do [Adj. to "what"].
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5. Then my
mother tried
to describe
(DO) {to us}
how (DO of "to
describe")
to cook [Adj.
to "how"] pancakes (DO
of "to cook").
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6. How to play
[Adj.
to "how"] was a
big question (PN).
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7. What to
do [Adj. to "what"] was
anybody's guess
(PN).
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