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Facing college standards, the students realized that they hadn't worked hard enough in high school.
What is participle - realized - adjective
Swimming in your pool is always fun.
What is gerund - subject
The college recommends sending applications early.
What is gerund - gerund - direct object
To be great is to be true to yourself and to the highest principles of honor.
What is infinitive
Jim is expected to program computers at his new job.
What is infinitive - direct object
He won the game by scoring during the overtime period.
What is scoring- gerund - the object of the preposition
Kate is happy to relax in the evenings.
infinitive -to relax - adverb - tells why she is happy
Her most important achievement was winning the national championship.
What is winning - gerund - predicate noun/subject complement
Going to work today took all my energy.
What is going - gerund - subject
To keep order is necessary in a classroom.
What is to keep - infinitive - subject
The president wants to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
What is to use - infinitive - noun - direct object
Fighting for a losing cause made them depressed.
What is fighting - gerund - noun - subject
Getting up at five, we got an early start.
What is getting - participle - adjective
The crying boy angered by the bully began to fight.
What is crying - participle - adjective
Telling your father was a mistake.
What is telling - gerund - subject
David wanted to sail across the lake last Saturday.
What is to sail - infinitive - direct object
His uncle’s newly painted boat was ready for a voyage
What is painted - participle - adjective
Grinning, David said, “Ours will be the brightest boat on the lake.”
What is grinning - participle - adjective
“Knitting must be Sylvester’s hobby, too,” she said.
What is knitting - gerund - subject
She carefully opened the elaborately wrapped gift.
What is wrapped - participle - adjective
A gerunds function is __________?
What is a verb acting as a noun
How does a participle function in a sentence?
What is as an adjective
How can you tell the difference between an ing word that is a gerund and one that is a participle?
A gerund act as a noun and a participle acts as an adjective
Tom's bad habit is running into people at the Kroger.
running - gerund - predicate noun
What is your most interesting hobby?
interesting - participle - adjective - tells what kind of hobby