Present Participle Phrases and Gerunds

True or False?
If a word ends in -ed or -ing, it must be a verb.

• True
• False

What type of phrase is in red?
Trembling with rage, she stalked out. 

• infinitive
• participial
• gerund
• appositive

What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?

Tara was getting worried that she may not pass the math test, thinking how little she knew about equations.

• Tara

• test

• she

• equations

How is the red word functioning in the following sentence?

After the game, the losing team went home with no trophy.

• verb

• adjective

• direct object

• subject

Is the highlighted word/phrase a VERB or a PARTICIPLE?

Jill and Terry were tired from working out in the yard.

• verb/verb phrase

• participle/participle phrase

How does a participial phrase function in a sentence? 

• It shows a relationship between two words.
• It describes the noun next to it.
• It renames the noun in front of it. 
• It is the action in the sentence.

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?

Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.

• Sweeping across the night sky,

• the bats hunted

• hunted their prey.

• across the night sky

Find the Gerund Phrase:

Coloring eggs is an activity that belongs to another holiday.

• coloring

• coloring eggs

• to another holiday

• coloring eggs is an activity

Find the Gerund Phrase:
Making New Year's Resolutions is another tradition to think about adopting.

• making New Year's Resolutions
• to think about adopting
• making
• is another tradition

Find the Gerund Phrase:
Playing jokes on people seems a strange way to celebrate a holiday.

• playing jokes on people
• to celebrate a holiday
• to celebrate
• playing jokes