Gerunds
Identify the gerund: Reading improves vocabulary.
Reading
Identify the infinitive:
She hopes to travel.
to travel
Identify the participle.
The glowing lights filled the room.
glowing
Identify the tense.
She is studying.
Present Progressive
Identify the verbal.
She likes drawing.
Gerund
Identify the gerund function:
She enjoys writing stories.
Direct Object
Identify the infinitive phrase.
They wanted to solve the problem
to solve the problem
What word does the participle describe?
The glowing lights filled the room.
lights
Identify the tense.
They were running.
Past Progressive
Identify the verbal.
He wants to learn.
Infinitive
Identify the gerund and function:
They talked about winning the championship.
Gerund functioning as object of the preposition
Explain the structure of an infinitive.
to + base verb
Identify the participle phrase.
Running down the hallway, the student dropped his books
Running down the hallway
Identify the tense.
She has finished the assignment.
Present Perfect
Identify the verbal.
The shaking building frightened everyone.
Participle
Explain why a gerund is considered a noun
Because it names an activity or idea and can function as subject, direct object, or object of a preposition
Create a sentence using an infinitive phrase.
She studied to pass the test.
Explain what participles do in a sentence.
They act as adjectives and describe nouns.
Identify the tense.
They had completed the project.
Past Perfect
Identify the tense.
She will have finished the test.
Future Perfect
Write three sentences using a gerund as:
Subject
Direct Object
Object of a Preposition
• Running improves health.
• She enjoys running.
• He trained for hours by running every day.
Explain the difference between:
Running and to run
Running = gerund acting as a noun
to run = infinitive phrase
Explain the difference between these sentences:
Swimming is fun.
The swimming dog crossed the lake.
Swimming = gerund (noun)
swimming dog = participle describing dog
Explain the structure difference between progressive and perfect tenses.
Progressive → be verb + -ing
Perfect → have/has/had + past participle
Explain the difference between a gerund and a participle.
Gerund → acts as a noun
Participle → acts as an adjective