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Gerunds
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100
Identify the gerund. Running is my favorite form of exercise.
Running
100
Identify the participle. The screaming children aggravated other customers in the store.
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 first step when analyzing a sentence to find the verbal?

Cross out the verb.

200
Identify the gerund. We complete our reading in class.
Reading
200
Identify the participle. She rocked the fussing baby until he fell asleep.
Fussing
200
Identify the infinitive. No matter how lost he gets, my dad refuses to ask for directions.
To ask
200

Can be an adjective, adverb, and a noun

What is an infinitive

200

What parts of speech does the gerund combine?

noun  and verb 

300
Identify the gerund. George has liked singing since he was in the third grade.
Singing
300
Identify the participle. The flying foxes were hunting insects.
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 like some forms of past tense verbs. Present participles end in -ing like some forms of present tense verbs.

300

What part of speech does the participle function as?

An adjective 

400

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

Entering 

400

Ends in Ing

What is present participle

400

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

To be able / to see

400

Is an action or state of being

What is a verb?

400
Identify the verbals and their types. After resting all day, the energized sloth moved one foot to the left.
Resting is a gerund. Energized is a participle.
500
Identify the gerund. We were thinking about playing checkers.
Playing
500

Identify the participle. The burnt toast was put into the trash.

Burnt 

500

Identify the infinitive. He felt sorry to break up with her

To have break 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 verbals and their types. The fire-breathing dragon destroyed the city.

Fire-breathing is a participle.