Present Participle, Gerund and Infinitive

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

• participle

• gerund

• infintive

• prepositional phrase

Hearing the noise the boy woke up. [Here 'hearing' is...]

• Present Participle

• Past Participle

• Infinitive

A rolling stone gathers no mass. [Here rolling is ....]

• Infinitive

• Gerund

• Participle

Reading is a favourite pastime of many of our students. [Here 'reading' is...]

• Participle

• Gerund

• Infinitive

Seeing is believing. [Here 'seeing' and 'believing' are...]

• Participles

• Gerunds

• Infinitive

The play was so exciting that no one was willing to leave. [Here 'to leave' is.....]

• Gerund

• Infinitive

• Participle

Yesterday, I saw a man in tattered clothes. [Here 'tattered' is....]

• Present Participle

• Gerund

• Past Participle

I am tired of walking. [Here 'walking' is...]

• Gerund

• Infinitive

• Participle

The Infinitive construction is...

• verb+ing

• to+verb second form

• to+verb base form

Gerunds ALWAYS end with

• -ing

• -ed

• -en

• a smile