Gerunds
A gerund always has this ending
What is -ing?
What is the infinitive "equation"?
What is to + a verb
A participle ends in -ing or -ed and functions as?
What is adjective?
Come up with a sentence that contains an infinitive.
What is...answers may vary :)
The gerund always imitates this part of speech?
What is a noun?
Infinitives are verb forms that imitate what three parts of speech?
What is noun, adjective and adverb?
The receding waves left a dark mark upon the golden sand.
What is receding?
Identify the gerunds in the following sentence: Editing papers was Evan's favorite part of the writing process.
What is: Editing
Identify the infinitive.
Ingrid begged her friend to bring the latest Snow Fray CD to the party on Friday night.
What is to bring?
What is the participial PHRASE in the sentence below:
Swamping with tests, Stacy studied during all the free time she had.
What is swamped with tests?
Explain the differences between a gerund and participle.
What is...the gerund ends in -ing, functions as a noun, and you cannot remove it from the sentence.
The participle ends in either -ed or -ing, functions as an adjective, and you CAN remove it from the sentence.
What is the gerund PHRASE in the sentence?
Brandon watched anxiously as his homemade volcano erupted because redoing the project was out of the question.
What is redoing the project?
Identify the infinitive and label the part of speech: The team played the game to win the tournament.
What is to win / adverb?
Remember: Adverbs answer WHY.
Why did the team play the game? TO WIN! :)
What is "shriveled" ?
Which two sentences contain infinitives that function as nouns?
A. Yousef wants to study abroad for a semester during his junior year of college.
B. Carla is taking a computer course at the local college to increase her chances of landing her dream job.
C. People who can persevere in the face of obstacles deserve the utmost respect.
D. To inspire others to achieve their goals is one of the greatest rewards of teaching.
What is A and D?
Which verbal from this passage functions as a noun?
James Maddalena is a celebrated American opera singer. Portraying Richard Nixon in the 1987 opera Nixon in China was his breakout role. Audiences have enjoyed Maddalena's dazzling voice for many years. His ability to perform is known throughout the world.
What is portraying?
Identify the infinitive and the part of speech:
After some light stretching, Julia decided to run around the park for her warm up.
What is to run/noun?
Remember: When infinitives are functioning as nouns, they answer what, when, where, and who.
Julia decided to what? To run.
Identify the participial phrase and tense in the following sentence:
Megan's art portfolio, showing her best paintings, was on display at the fair.
What is showing her best paintings and present tense?