identify the verbal in the sentence below. then select the type of verbal. beginning the meeting with a joke relaxed the group.
verbal:
beginning
group
relaxed
type of verbal:
gerund
infinitive
participle

Identify the verbal in the sentence: beginning

Type of verbal: gerund.

 A verbal is a word formed from a verb and can have other functions in a sentence. In this sentence, the verbal is a gerund (ending with ing) that functions as a noun, which is part of the subject: "Beginning the meeting with a joke". Gerunds also can function as direct objects, indirect objects, objects of preposition and predicate nouns.

6  then the  lord  said to cain, “why are you angry?   why is your face downcast?   7  if you do what is right, will you not be accepted? but if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;   it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”

8  now cain said to his brother abel, “let’s go out to the field.”  while they were in the field, cain attacked his brother abel and killed him.