SAT
Gerunds
Wordiness
100
What are Gerunds?
Gerunds are verbs that function as nouns and end in "ing"
100
What is wordiness?
It is using too many words unnecessarily.
200
Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:
Collecting rocks is my sister's favorite hobby.
Collecting rocks
200
Which word should be eliminated?
It was 12 midnight when the rain finally stopped.
12
300
Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:
We could hear the distant rumbling of thunder.
Rumbling of thunder
300
Which word(s) should be eliminated?
He was happy and joyful for the gift.
and joyful
400
Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:
Before Henry became a journalist, he had given becoming a teacher serious thought.
Becoming a teacher
400
Which word(s) should be eliminated?
June wrote a biography of her life.
of her life
500
(E)- The pronoun “it” refers to celadon porcelain. There is no grammatical error in choice E and that version is more concise than the original.
500
Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence:
They are burning down the whole fort.
Burning down
500
Which word(s) should be eliminated?
A total of six students joined the club.
A total of