Present Participle Phrases and Gerunds

The exhausted children napped on the floor.

• Participle

• Gerund

• Infinitive

• None of the above

Jogging is her favorite activity.

• Gerund

• Participle

• Infinitive

The passing bus accelerated down the street.

• Gerund

• Participle

• Infinitive

What is the RED phrase?
Flying in a plane is my favorite way to travel.

• participle

• gerund

• infintive

• prepositional phrase

Participles, gerunds, and infinitives are all...

• Verbs

• Verbals

• Phrases

• Passive Voice

If you can't tell the difference between a present participle and a gerund, you can put what phrase in front of the word to help you?

• in a minute

• with chocolate

• over the rainbow

• the activity of

Gerunds ALWAYS end with

• -ing

• -ed

• -en

• a smile

Present participles always end with

• -ed

• -ing

• -ent

• -ful

Find the participle phrase

Driving down the highway, Dan spotted a dead deer.

• Driving down the highway

• Dan spotted

• a dead deer

Classify the underlined phrase

• present participle phrase

• appositive phrase

• gerund phrase

• prepositional phrase