Gerunds and Gerund Phrases

Gerunds and Gerund Phrases

English 10

Gerund

• a form of a verb ending in -ing

• acts as a noun

• root verb: to hike ---> add -ing ---> gerund: hiking

Gerunds as Nouns

• subject of a sentence

• Ex. Hiking makes me excited

• direct object of a sentence

• Ex. I love hiking.

• object of a preposition (of, above, to, down, etc.)

• I am never tired of hiking.

Gerunds vs. Participles

• Gerunds ARE the noun

• Ex. Sleeping nourishes the body.

• Participles describe the noun

• Ex. The sleeping boy dreamed.

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Gerund Phrases vs. Gerunds

• Eating keeps you healthy. - gerund

• Eating an apple a day keeps you healthy - gerund phrase

• I love studying. - gerund

• I love studying my science notes! - gerund phrase

Multiple Choice

Francisco enjoys ________ more than spending time with his girlfriend Diana.

• to swim 
• swimming
• swim

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund.

Halim was punished for cheating.

• Halim

• was

• punished

• cheating

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund

Many of the laughing students love singing.

• Many

• laughing

• love

• singing

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund.

Reading is an important skill.

• Reading

• an

• important

• skill

Multiple Select

Identify the gerunds (check three):

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

• acting

• keeping

• coughing

• art

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund phrase.

We're going to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.

• going to see

• going to see the changing of the guard

• the changing of the guard

• changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund phrase.

The frowning artist was thinking of painting my house.

• frowning artist

• was thinking

• artist was thinking of painting

• painting my house

Remember....

• a gerund is a form of a verb that acts like a noun

• ends with -ing

• Because its a noun, it can function in different part of a sentence

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