Gerunds
Infinitives
Participles
Grab Bag
Examples
100
A gerund always has this ending
What is -ing?
100
The two words that make up an infinitive are these.
What is to + a base form of a verb?
100
participles are used as this part of speech.
What is adjectives?
100
The definition of a verbal is this
What is a verb that imitates another part of speech?
100

Pick out the gerund in the following sentence: Sailing is John's favorite activity.

What is sailing?

200
The gerund always imitates this part of speech?
What is a noun?
200
Infinitives are verb forms that imitate what three parts of speech?
What is noun, adjective and adverb?
200
Every participle hast two "tenses." They are this.
What is a past participle and a present participle?
200
Name the three types of verbals.
What is gerund, participle, and infinitive?
200

Find and identify the verbal: Mrs. Willenbrock hates eating rutabagas!

What is eating / gerund?

300
Identify the gerund/s in the following sentence: John likes fencing and jogging.
What is fencing and jogging?
300
Identify the infinitive and the part of speech. To dance on stage has always been his dream.
What is to dance / noun?
300
The present participle always has this ending.
What is -ing?
300
Name the two verbals that have similar endings. Include the ending in your answer.
What is that the gerund and present participle end in -ing?
300

Find and identify the verbal(s): To sleep late on Friday was Sarah's goal, but her annoying brother woke her up early.

What is to sleep (infinitive) and annoying (present participle)?

400
Identify the gerund in the following sentence: I like playing soccer in my running shoes.
What is playing?
400
Identify the infinitive and label the part of speech: The team played the game to win the tournament.
What is to win / adverb?
400

Identify the participle phrase and what it describes: Cooking squid eyeball stew, Grandma hummed in the kitchen.

What is Cooking squid eyeball stew and Grandma?

400
Write a sentence using the present participle of the verb "play).
What is . . . . .
400

Find and identify the verbal/s: While gardening, Mr. Allen always chases our dog, Rover, who loves to dig in all the neighbors' yards.

What is gardening (gerund) and to dig (infinitive)?

500
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?
500
Identify the infinitive and the part of speech: There is a book to read on the table.
What is to read / adjective?
500

Identify the participle/s and tense in the following sentence: Wearing her new, fuzzy bunny slippers, Martha shuffled to the closed door.

What is wearing (present) and closed (past)?

500

Write a sentence using the infinitive of the verb jump. Identify its function in your sentence.

What is . . . . .

500

Identify the function of each verbal in the sentence: Mark's greatest wish was to play tuba while singing.

What is "to play" an infinitive functioning as a predicate noun and "singing" a gerund functioning as an object of the preposition?

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