gerunds and participles

Identify the gerund in the sentence.
Cru enjoys sketching people.

• Cru
• enjoys
• sketching
• people

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the gerund in the sentence.
We discussed moving to Florida.

• We
• Florida
• discussed
• moving

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the gerund in the sentence.
Of all my interests, I care most about swimming.

• swimming
• interests
• care
• about

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the gerund in the sentence.
My favorite sport, running, takes a great deal of effort.

• takes
• running
• favorite
• effort

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the sentence.
Hammering the nails, Jackson envisioned the treehouse he would build.

• Jackson
• envisioned
• Hammering
• would

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the sentence.
I did not want to eat the burned potatoes that my mother cooked.

• cooked
• Mother
• want
• burned

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the sentence.
Devoted basketball fans are looking forward to the season.

• Devoted
• are looking
• forward
• basketball

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the sentence.
We were awakened last night by a barking dog.

• awakened
• barking
• were
• dog

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the sentence.
Startled by the noise, the puppy scrambled under the chair.

• startled
• puppy
• scrambled
• under

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the highlighted word/phrase as a Gerund or Participle.
In the kitchen, the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of back, two coffees and two cool glasses of milk.

• Participle
• Gerund

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A