Gerunds
What's an infinitive?
What is to + a verb?
Participles are verb forms that function as what part of speech?
What is adjectives?
The definition of a verbal.
What is a word that is normally a verb but functions as a noun or modifier?
The astonished crowd watched the magician’s performance.
What is astonished? (Participle acting as an adjective)
The gerund is a verb form that functions as a what?
What is a noun?
Infinitives are verb forms that function as what three parts of speech?
What is noun, adjective and adverb?
Identify the participle/s in the following sentence and tell the noun/pronoun it describes:
I could smell the boiling potatoes.
What is boiling? (Describing potatoes)
Identify the infinitive in the sentence:
The toddler learned to walk.
What is to walk?
Spreading the gospel is her passion.
What is gerund? (Spreading is a noun)
Identify the gerund/s in the following sentence:
Jennie likes jogging.
What is jogging?
Identify the infinitive:
To dance is the large bear’s biggest dream.What is to dance?
Identify the participle/participle phrase and tell the noun/pronoun it is describing.
The singer, adored by the fans, accepted the award.
What is adored? (describing singer)
Identify the infinitive in the sentence:
The scientist conducted the experiment to complete his research.
What is to complete?
Did you bring a spoon to scoop the soup?
What is infinitive? (Used as an adjective)
Identify the gerund in the following sentence:
I enjoy playing soccer with my friends.
What is playing?
Identify the infinitive:
The team played the game to win the tournament.
What is to win?
Present participles end with what letters?
What is -ing?
Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:
Frying ants with a magnifying glass is one of my favorite pastimes.
What is frying ants with a magnifying glass?
To avoid slipping, Bobby held the railing.
What is infinitive? (To avoid, acting as an adverb)
Identify the gerund phrase/s in the following sentence:
Climbing mountains and swimming in the ocean are two of my favorite hobbies.
What is climbing mountains and swimming in the ocean?
Identify the infinitive:
There is a book to read on the table.
What is to read?
Past participles can end in these letters.
What is -ed, -d, -t, en, or -n t
Identify the participle phrase in the sentence:
Freezing in the snow, the baby penguin called out to her mom.
What is freezing in the snow?
I left my bike in the parking lot.
What is participle? (Parking is an adjective describing lot)