Gerunds
Identify the gerund/what is its function?
Participles
Identify the participle/participial phrase and what its modifying.
100
What is a gerund?(definition)
a verb form that acts as a noun.
100
I finish homework before sleeping.
sleepping/oop.
100
What is a participle? (definition)
a verb form that acts as a adjective.
100
Opening the door, the girl is awesome.
Opening the door/ the girl.
200
What is the only ending a gerund can have?
-ing.
200
Falling is a habit of mine.
Falling/subject.
200
What are the suffixes they end with?
-ing,-en,-ed,-n,-t.
200
The boiling milk on the stove was hot.
boiling/milk
300
What do gerunds function as?
Subject, direct object, oop, predicate noun.
300
Micheal enjoys painting.
Painting/ Direct object.
300
What type of endings do they have?
all regular and irregular verb endings.
300
The pictures were cracked by vandals.
cracked/ pictures
400
A good career for you might be nursing.
nursing/ predicate noun
400
The man, hitting a home run, is old.
hitting a home run/ man
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