Infinitives
Gerunds
Participles
Grab Bag
Find the Verb
100
After school, Matt and I like to walk home together.
What is to walk?
100
Working takes up most people's time.
What is working?
100
Shouting loudly, Carmen warned her brother about the passing car.
What is shouting?
100
Write a sentence on the board correctly using an infinitive.
(Answers vary)
100
Thomas is a young musician.
What is is?
200
Sometimes I like to dance to the music.
What is to dance?
200
Why won't that dog stop barking?
What is barking?
200
The papers, aged and yellowed, were in the drawer.
What is aged, yellowed?
200
"The police officers searched the abandoned house." Is abandoned an infinitive, gerund, or participle?
What is participle?
200
He formed the notes into an original harmony.
What is formed?
300
For three weeks, we went to my house to practice.
What is to practice?
300
Uncle Kenny's specialty is barbecuing on the grill.
What is barbecuing?
300
Carefully decorated, the pinata glittered in the sun.
What is decorated?
300
"To install the ceiling fan took two hours." Does this sentence include an infinitive, a gerund, or a participle?
What is an infinitive?
300
The Vikings were Norsemen who roamed the seas.
What is were and roamed?
400
We are ready to go to the school dance on Friday.
What is to go?
400
Nobody could stand the child's unceasing whine.
What is no gerund?
400
The charging bull thundered across the field.
What is charging?
400
"Skiing down the slope was fun!" Is skiing an infinitive, a gerund, or a participle?
What is a gerund?
400
She was an observer at the conference that organized the United Nations.
What is was and organized?
500
I thanked my aunt for taking the time to give me tips about taking care of my bicycle.
What is to give?
500
Considering the other choices, Melinda decided on walking.
What is walking?
500
Cheering and clapping, the spectators greeted their team.
What is cheering, clapping?
500
Name one way that gerunds and participles different?
Gerunds are usually used as nouns and always end in -ing. Participles are used as adjectives and don't have to end in -ing.
500
The office gave money to serious students so they could continue their education.
What is gave and could continue?
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