Gerunds After Some Verbs

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S)

Putting too many clothes into a washing machine will cause it to malfunction.

• washing

• putting

• malfunction

• cause

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S)

I'm thinking of painting my house.

• I'm

• thinking

• painting

• house

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S)

We're going to see the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

• going

• guard

• see

• changing

She is worried about ___________ sick, so she stays home all the time.

• gets

• getting

• geting

• get

Gerunds are used as subjects and after some verbs and prepositions.

• True

• False

A gerund can be used after

• preposition

• certain verbs

• All of the above

A gerund is a form of a verb that acts as a _____.

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

• noun

What is the gerund in the following sentence? Becomes a doctor takes years of serious study.

• takes

• becoming

• years

• study

Are you interested in (buy) ____________ handicrafts when you travel?

____________ (help) other people is a great thing to do.