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Gotta’ Get a Gerund

Pa Pa Pa Participle

Give me aDO or

PN

Subject orparticiple

Whichis it?

These are ING

words that can

function as Nouns:

Subject/Direct

Object/Predicate

Nominative/Object

of Preposition

What is a gerund?

How does the gerund function in the sentence below?

Going to the beach is the plan.

What is a Subject?

How does the

gerund function?

She hates doing the

dishes.

What is

direct object?

Which sentence contains a

gerund predicate nominative?

A. Swimming is so much fun.

B. She chose watching a movie

instead of playing a game.

C. A difficult sport is swimming.

D. I will call you after arriving at

the party.

What is C?

A difficult sport is

swimming.

Which sentence does NOT

function as a gerund object of

the preposition?

A. She hates doing the worst..

B. Please have a talk before

leaving.

C. I will call you after arriving at

the party.

D.

What is A?

A. She hates doing the

worst.

This is what

participles and

participial phrases

do.

What is describe nouns?

OR What is act as

adjectives?

In the following

sentence:

The broken arrow

fell to the floor.

What is the participle?

What is broken?

In the following sentence:

Sitting like a duck, the boy quacked

around.

What does the participial phrase modify?

What is boy?

In the following sentence:

The baking bread smelled

delicious.

What is the participle?

What does it modify?

What is baking?

What is bread?

Which of the following contains

a participle OR participial

phrase?

A. Sharon wanted to dance.

B. Writing is not my favorite

thing.

C. I love sleeping late.

D. Frozen blueberries are his

favorite desert.

What is (D)

Frozen

Which describes a

noun—a gerund or a

participle?

What is a participle?

How do the underlined

words function?

Standing in the rain, the

couple kissed.

What is a participial

phrase modifying

couple?

In the following sentence:

She never was good at

managing money.

How does the underlined

portion function?

What is gerund

object of preposition

AT?

Which of the following contains a participle?

A. Do you like sailing on the lake?

B. Driving a car takes concentration.

C. Devoted soccer fans look forward to the season.

D. She began her career by dancing with amateur groups.

What is C?

Devoted soccer fans look

forward to the season.

Which of the following is a gerund

direct object?

A. She shouted loudly to the man.

B. She could not stop humming

that tune.

C. Listening is important.

D. Driving in a crowded city is

crazy.

What is B?

B. She could not stop

humming that tune.

What does a direct

object follow?

What is an action

verb?

What does a predicate

nominative follow?

What is a linking verb?

In the following sentence, how

does the gerund function?

The grandest movement of ballet

is leaping.

A. Subject

B. Direct Object

C. Predicate Nominative

What is C. Predicate

Nominative??

In the following sentence, how

does the gerund function?

One of his skills was leaping.

A. Predicate Nominative

B. Subject

C. Direct Object

What is (A)?

Predicate Nominative

Which of the following functions

as a gerund Direct Object?

A. Rising with the sun does not

appeal to me.

B. In the 1920s, modern dancers

started moving in a new way.

C. Preparation for dancing begins

early in life.

D. Dancing takes many forms.

What is (B)

B. In the 1920s,

modern dancers

started moving in a

new way.

What comes at the

beginning of the sentence

and tells what the

sentence is about?

What is a subject?

Which describes a noun?

Gerund subject OR

participle?

What is a participle?

Which of the following

contains a gerund subject?

A. Her weakness is managing

money.

B. Don’t try managing money.

C. Managing money is never

easy.

What is C. ?

Managing money is

never easy.

How does the underlined

part of the sentence

function?

Going the extra mile, the

teacher pressed on.

What is a participial

phrase modifying

teacher?

Daily Double—Make a

bet!

Give me 2 sentences, and

you must get both right.

One functioning as a

gerund predicate

nominative

….One with a

participle/participial

phrase