Gerunds

Identify the gerund phrase:

After the accident, Laura was afraid of driving her car.

• 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

Why is the word in blue a gerund?

• Because it comes first

• Because it is a fun word

• Because it is the subject of the sentence

• Because it is the object of a preposition

After looking at the quiz, Delaney and Seth ran from the room as fast as they could, so they could tell everyone else how easy it would be.

The word in blue is a gerund because...

• It is the subject of the sentence

• It is the object of the sentence

• It is the object of the preposition

What is the gerund in this sentence?

Raising your hand is the best way to get your teacher's attention.

• raising

• way

• get

• attention

What is the gerund in this sentence?

My favorite summer activity is sleeping in.

• favorite

• activity

• sleeping

• in

What is the gerund in this sentence?

• could

• playing

• baseball

• there is no gerund

Is the bold word a verb or a gerund?

Getting ready for school takes longer for my sister than for me.

• verb

• gerund

Gerunds look like what?

• to + verb

• end in ONLY -ing

• end in -ing AND -ed/-nt/other past tense verb endings

• none of the above

Gerunds always act like what?

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• all three