Gerund Phrases Lesson

Marie dislikes  ______ soda. She prefers water. 

• to drink 

• drink

• drinking 

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) 
Blowing bubbles on a windy day is a fun activity for children.

• bubbles

• activity

• blowing

• children

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

• acting

• keeping

• coughing

• all of the above

What is the gerund in this sentence: Josiah and Ama were waiting patiently for the reading of the will.

• waiting

• reading

• were

• patiently

Identify the gerund.

Halim was punished for cheating.

• Halim

• was

• punished

• cheating

Identify the gerund phrase:

• After the accident

• Laura was afriad

• Afraid of driving

• driving her car

Identify the gerund phrase: Learning a new language is taking longer than I expected.

• Learning a new language

• a new language is taking

• is taking longer than

• longer than I expected

What is the function of the gerund phrase?

• subject (S)

• subject complement (SC)

• direct object (DO)

• indirect object (IO)

• object of the preposition (OP)

Identify the gerund phrase:

Paul finished painting the kitchen.

• Paul finished painting

• Paul finished

• finished painting

• painting the kitchen

What is the function of the gerund phrase?

• subject (S)

• subject complement (SC)

• direct object (DO)

• indirect object (IO)

• object of the preposition (OP)