Introduction to Gerunds

Walking the dog is one of my favorite activities.

Which verbal has been illustrated in bold?

• Participle

• Infinitive

• Gerund

• Associative

Walking the dog is one of my favorite activities.

This gerund is a ____ because it is the ____ of the sentence.

• noun, object of a preposition

• noun, direct object

• noun, subject

• noun, predicate noun

A gerund is called a verbal. Do verbals act as verbs?

• Yes, the term verbal has the word verb in it, so it has to function as a verb.

• Yes, they end in ing and are actual verbs.

• No, they function as nouns in a sentence.

• No, they function as adjectives in a sentence

My least favorite activity is taking out the trash.

Taking out the trash is a ____ in this sentence

• participle

• infinitive

• past progressive

• gerund

My least favorite activity is taking out the trash.

Taking out the trash is used as a _____ in this sentence which makes it a _____.

• subject, noun

• predicate noun, noun

• direct object, noun

• object of a preposition, noun

I was relieved of my duty of cleaning my room, yesterday.

The phrase cleaning my room is a _____.

• participle

• infinitive

• present progressive

• gerund

I was relieved of my duty of cleaning my room, yesterday.

Cleaning my room is used as a/an ____ which makes it a ____.

• subject, noun

• direct object, noun

• verbal, verb

• object of a preposition, noun

Students in the classroom love playing games.

Playing games is a ____ phrase.

• participle

• gerund

• infinitive

• future progressive

Students in the classroom love playing games.

Playing games is a ____ in this sentence, so it functions as a ____.

• subject, noun

• verb, verb

• direct object, noun

• object of a preposition, noun

Basically, the ONLY WAY a gerund can be used in a sentence is as a ____.

• verb

• pronoun

• adjective

• noun