Identify the verbal and its function in the sentence: could you me find my running shoes? it is a participle functioning as a noun. it is a participle functioning as an adjective. it is an infinitive functioning as a noun. it is an infinitive functioning as an adjective. question 2(multiple choice worth 5 points) (mc) identify the verbal and its function in the sentence: we were hoping to begin a game of chess. it is a participle functioning as a noun. it is a participle functioning as an adjective. it is an infinitive functioning as an adverb. it is an infinitive functioning as a noun. question 3(multiple choice worth 5 points) (mc) identify the verbal and its function in the sentence: i would rather be sleeping! it is a gerund functioning as a noun. it is a gerund functioning as a verb.

1) The answer is  B. "My running shoes", the present participle running in this sentence has the function of an adjective. (Shoes to run)

2) The answer is C.  Hoping is a present participle with the function of an adverb. (We were hopeful)

3) The answer is B. I would rather be sleeping. The gerund sleeping has the function of a verb. (I prefer to sleep.)

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)