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Gerunds
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100

Identify the gerund(s). Running is my favorite form of exercise.

What is "running"?

100

Identify the participle(s). The screaming children aggravated other customers in the store.

What is "screaming"?

100
Identify the infinitive. To sleep is Emerson's favorite activity during the day.
To sleep
100
What is a verbal?
A word that looks like a verb but acts as a different part of speech.
100

What is the function of the gerund?

Reading is my favorite hobby.

What is "simple subject"?

200

Identify the gerund(s). We complete our reading in class.

What is "reading"?

200

Identify the participle(s). She rocked the fussing baby until he fell asleep.

What is "fussing"?

200
Identify the infinitive. No matter how lost he gets, my dad refuses to ask for directions.
To ask
200

Is this a prepositional phrase or an infinitive? Students were required to take the MAP tests.

Infinitive

200

What is the function of the participle?

Endearing herself to her grandmother, the girl brought the homemade items on a tray.

What is "an adjective"?

300

Identify the gerund(s). George has liked singing since he was in the third grade.

What is "singing"?

300

Identify the participle(s). The flying foxes were hunting insects.

What is "flying"?

300
Identify the infinitive. I usually bring a book to read on long car rides.
To read
300

What is the difference between a past participle and a present participle?

Past participles end in: -ed OR -en. Present participles end in -ing.

300

What parts of speech do infinitives represent?

What are "nouns," "adjectives," and "adverbs"? 

400

Identify the gerund(s). The sisters spent all night arguing , chatting, thinking about future entering the University 

What is "entering"?

400

Identify the participle(s): The reading student sat under the tree.

What is "reading"?

400

Identify the infinitive. She traveled to Egypt to be able to see the pyramids.

To be able / to see

400

Identify verbals and their types. At the lesson, we were working on the reading and writing test.

Reading and writing are gerunds.

400

A group of words that function as a single part of speech (noun, adjective, or adverb) and never have a simple subject or a simple predicate

What is a "phrase"?

500

Identify the gerund(s). We were thinking about playing checkers.

What are "thinking" and "playing"?

500

Identify the participle(s). Buttered toast is delicious, but eggs are revolting!

What is "buttered" and "revolting"?

500

Identify the infinitive. He felt sorry to have broken up with her

To have broken up 

500
Identify the verbals and their types. After his home run, the excited baseball player jumped into the arms of his cheering teammates.
Excited is a participle. Cheering is a participle.
500

Identify the 3 verbals and their types. The fire-breathing dragon destroyed the city in an attempt to scare away the daring hunters.

Fire-breathing is a participle. To scare is an infinitive. Daring is a participle.