1 Freshwater makes up less than 3% of water on earth, and over two-thirds of this is tied up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Freshwater lakes and rivers make up only 0.009% of water on Earth and groundwater makes up 0.28%.  Water is essential for all life forms.
User: Select the verbal; indicate whether it is a participle, gerund, or infinitive; and indicate how it functions in the sentence. Sprinting, the gazelle outran the three lionesses. Weegy: Sprinting, the gazelle outran the three lionesses. Verbal: sprinting.
Definition: A verbal construction made up of the particle to and the base form of a verb, with or without modifiers, complements, and objects. An infinitive phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb, and it can appear in various places in a sentence.See Examples and Observations, below.See also:1  Infinitive. 2  Infinitive Clause. 3  Catenative Verb. 4  Exercise in Identifying Infinitive Phrases. 5  Passive Infinitive.6  Split Infinitive. 7  To-Infinitive.n infinitive phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb, and it can appear in various places in a sentence. See Examples and Observations, below. See also: 1  Infinitive. 2  Infinitive Clause. 3  Catenative Verb. 4  Exercise in Identifying Infinitive Phrases. 5  Passive Infinitive. 6  Split Infinitive. 7  To-Infinitive.