What is a verbal and verbal phrase? How do I use verbal and phrase in assignment writing like uk essays and term paper? I guess this should among the many questions that are crossing your mind. A verbal is a verb from that functions as noun, adjective, or an adverb. A verbal phrase consists of the verbal, its modifiers, and its complements. There are three kinds of verbal’s: infinitive, participles, and gerunds. You have to must all these three types if you want to use verbal and verbal phrases correctly I in your essay or term paper.