Infinitive A
What is the infinitive?
Are you going to drive the car?
the answer is ¨to drive¨
Which one is an infinitive?
A. Around
B. Large
C. To go
D. House
C
What is the gerund?
The neighbor´s goat is eating up the grass on my lawn.
eating
Which one is a gerund
A. Walking
B. Talking
C. Reading
D. All of the above
Answer is D
IS a gerund a way to describe things
no
what is the infinitive?
Are you going to spend all day in your garage?
To Spend
Identify the Infinitive
Uncle Al decided to build a shed in the backyard to match the patio
1. To Build
2. To Match
Identify the Gerund
My grandma´s hobby is sewing while my grandpa is building things.
1. Sewing
2.Building
Identify the gerund
Studying for exams is not fun but hey at least you are not doing backbreaking work or being forced to be walking for 20 miles
1.studying
2.backbreaking
3.walking
True or false: An infinitive a way to move around
Is it an infinitive if you are worried or thrilled
No that is a participle
Is a gerund a describing word
No
is a gerund a type of gun
No that is a garand
Identify the gerund
my mom can be really annoyed by our grandma´s sewing, but its kind of ironic because my mom like singing.
1. Sewing
2. Singing
Identify all 3 of the infinitives!
My dad is going to start running on the treadmill when he´s done working. He is also going to cut down on eating too much food.
1. Running
2. Working
3. Eating
Identify the infinitives
I want you to move these barrels to the other side of the barn, then I need you to get the cheese from the fridge.
1. To move
2. To get
identify the gerunds
While I enjoy dancing my mom does not like it because her leg is broken from doing marathon running.
1. Dancing
2. Running
Identify the gerunds
i hope you can keep the generator running, get the thing in the storeroom that keeps eating all the food and paper. Make sure the gas pumps are working, if not get the tool box and manual from my office.
1. Running
2. Eating
3. Working
Identify the gerund
Can you try cooking eggs while I am out farming in the field?
1. Cooking
2. Farming
Identify the infinitives:
I need you to clean all the windows and then to get the rats out of the basement. After that you have to make sure to lock all the doors and throw away the trash.
1. To clean
2. To get
3. To lock
When is it an infinitive
When you add a ¨to¨ to a verb
Identify the gerunds
if you like walking why don´t you try marathon running, or hiking in the woods?
1. Walking
2. Running
3.Hiking
When is a gerund a gerund
When a verb starts to act like a noun
Identify the gerund
My dad has such weird hobbies. Whenever the sun is shining he goes fishing at the lake, then whenever it's raining he goes into the garage and starts building a model boat or something. On Mondays hes always cooking dinner for us.
1. fishing
2. raining
3. building
4.cooking