Gerunds and Types of Gerunds

What is a Gerund?

• A kind of Ice cream.
• an English noun formed from a verb by adding -ing.
• A present tense verb and is usually proceeded by to. It is often used as a noun serving as a subject.
• A helping Verb.

What is an examples of gerund?

• Exercising.
• To fly.
• Around the puddle.
• Beautiful sky.

Fill in the blank by using a gerund.
We started _____  dinner without you.

• Eat.
• Eating.
• To eat.
• To starve.

Painting is my favorite hobby.
This an sentence has an example of a(n) ______ in it.

• Preposition.
• Infinitive.
• Participle.
• Gerund.

What is a gerund phrase?

• The clock was on the wall.
• Follow the rules.
• Reading her book.
• I like to eat food.

This sentence does NOT have a gerund in it.
We tiptoed around the pretty child.

• True.
• False.

Fill in the blank by using a gerund.
I always eat breakfast before _____ to school.

• Grabbing.
• To go.
• To go home.
• Going.

Breathing hard the runner collasped.
This sentence has an example of a(n) ______ in it.

• Participle.
• Preposition.
• Infinitive.
• Gerund.

Fill in the blank using a gerund.
When do you practice ________ the piano?

• To play.
• To play at my house.
• Playing.
• To climb the stairs.

What is an example of a gerund?

• Jog.
• Shoulder.
• Leaf.
• Reading.