Identify the verbal and its function in the sentence: Could you help me find my running shoes? (5 points)

Group of answer choices

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.

First of all, it is important to state that a verbal is a verb form which acts as a noun or an adjective. There are three types of verbals:  Participles (past participles and present participles), Gerunds  and Infinitives.

Could you help me find my running shoes?

"running" is a participle functioning as an adjective since it is modifying the noun "shoes".

We were hoping to begin a game of chess.

"to begin" is an infinitive functioning as a noun (to identify its function, you may ask the question: What were you hoping?, and the answer is "to begin a game of chess")

I would rather be sleeping!

"sleeping" is a gerund functioning as a noun. Although gerunds look like present participles (because they end with -ing), a gerund is a noun not an adjective.

in paragraph 6 of "sinners in the hands of an angry god" by jonathan edwards, he talks about how doing good things alone will not save men from going to hell because they're at the mercy of the will of god. "spiritual reform" provides men with a false sense of safety.

its hard for me to see which word is supposed to be in bold. if i knew then i would be able to better.