Definitions
A gerund is what?
A form of a verb that acts as a noun and ends with -ing.
What is the gerund in the sentence?
She loves swimming in the summer.
Swimming
What is the participle in the sentence?
The burnt toasted tasted terrible.
burnt
What is the infinitive in the sentence?
I would like to go to the volleyball game.
to go
What is the appositive in the sentence?
Leroy Gibbs, the head agent, solved the murder mystery with the help of his team.
the head agent
A participle is what?
A form of a verb that acts as an adjective and can end with -ing or -ed
What is the gerund in the sentence?
I would like to go hiking this spring.
hiking
What is the participle in the sentence?
The running dog looks happy to be chasing the chickens.
running
What is the infinitive in the sentence?
He loves to jump and to skip!
to jump, to skip
What is the appositive in the sentence?
The talented agent Ziva is new to our country.
Ziva
An infinitive is what?
The form of a verb that comes after the word "to" and acts as a noun, adjective, or an adverb
What is the gerund in the sentence?
The burnt toast is affecting my eating.
eating
What is the participle in the sentence?
She laughed as she watched the dancing children perform Fortnite moves.
dancing
What is the infinitive in the sentence?
We need to study for this quiz on Thursday!
to study
What is the appositive in the sentence?
Sarah, the barn manager, is in charge of exercising the horses.
the barn manager
An appositive is what?
A noun or a pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to identifiy, rename, or explain the previous word
What is the gerund in the sentence?
Her turning point was when she went running for fun.
running
What is the participle in the sentence?
The hunted suspect ran quickly away from the approaching policemen.
hunted, approaching
What is the infinitive in the sentence?
Let's go home to watch NCIS.
to watch
Combine the two sentences into one sentence with an appositive.
Tony is an NCIS agent. Tony loves old movies.
Tony, the NCIS agent, loves old movies.
OR
Tony, who loves old movies, is an NCIS agent.
MEMORY TIME. A direct object is...
a noun that receives the action of the transitive verb
What is the gerund in the sentence?
We should go camping and hiking this summer because it will be exciting!
camping, hiking
What is the participle in the sentence?
The woven blanket kept the shivering woman warm.
woven, shivering
What is the infinitive in the sentence?
Please go to Starbucks to buy me a large coffee and to get yourself a muffin.
to buy, to get
Combine the two sentences into one sentence with an appositive.
Tim is a computer analyst. Tim went to MIT for college.
Tim, the computer analyst, went to MIT for college.
OR
Tim, who went to MIT, is a computer analyst.