Question

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.

Answer 1

We were hoping to begin a game of chess.

It is an infinitive functioning as a noun.

Answer 2

it is an infinitive functioning as an adverb