Verbals Part 2

Verbals Part 2

• End with -ing

• BE CAREFUL: Gerunds and participles look very similar to one another. Gerunds act as nouns while participles act as adjectives.

Verb forms that act as nouns

Gerunds

• Jogging can be good exercise.

• Lock the door before leaving.

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Examples:

Multiple Choice

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

• bubbles
• activity
• blowing
• children

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S):
Ethan narrowly avoided driving off the cliff.

• narrowly
• driving
• Ethan
• cliff

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S):
Piling too much laundry into a washing machine will cause it to malfunction.

• washing
• piling
• malfunction
• cause

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S):
Eating ice cream on a hot day can be a good way to cool off.

• cool
• hot
• day
• eating

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S):
Jessica really enjoys bothering the neighbors with loud music.

• Jessica
• bothering
• loud
• music

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S):
I'm thinking of painting my house.

• I'm 
• thinking
• painting
• house

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S):
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

• jellybeans
• tell
• can
• eating

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S):

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

• going
• guard
• see
• changing

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) 
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

• acting
• keeping
• coughing
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S):
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

• giving
• taking
• giving and taking
• none of the above

Gerundive Phrases - a group of related words, starting with a gerund, that acts as a noun

Can act as:

• ​Subject - telling who or what the sentence is about, usually comes at the beginning of the sentence

• Subject Complement - comes after a linking verb (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)

• Direct Object - answers "What?"

• Object of a Preposition - comes after a preposition (in, on, of, by, for, etc.)

• Appositive - set off with commas, can insert "is" before the phrase

A fun time is eating a giant bowl of spaghetti.

The gerundive phrase follows the linking verb "is."

Subject Complement

Eating a big meal fills me up for the entire day.

The gerundive phrase acts as the subject of the entire sentence.

Subject

Examples:

Ants try to protect their colonies from storms by piling up sand.

The gerundive phrase follows the preposition "by."

Object of a Preposition

Tricia enjoys swaying in her porch swing.

The gerundive phrase answers "what" Tricia enjoys.

Direct Object

Examples:

The best form of exercise, walking 5 miles, is also the least expensive.

The gerundive phrase is set off with commas, and we can insert "is" before it.

Appositive

Examples:

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund phrase:

The worst way to spend a Saturday afternoon is babysitting a pack of crying children.

• babysitting a pack

• babysitting a pack of crying children

• of crying children

• crying children

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund phrase:

Paul finished painting the kitchen.

• Paul finished painting

• Paul finished

• finished painting

• painting the kitchen

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund phrase:

Cooking at higher altitudes often requires recipe adjustments.

• cooking at

• cooking at higher

• cooking at higher altitudes

• at higher altitudes

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

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

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

• noun

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund.

Halim was punished for cheating.

• Halim

• was

• punished

• cheating

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund.

Her favorite sport is swimming.

• His

• swimming

• favorite

• sport

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.

The frowning artist was thinking of painting my house.

• frowning artist

• was thinking

• artist was thinking of painting

• painting my house

Multiple Choice

Identify the gerund phrase.

Ethan was narrowly avoiding driving off the cliff.

• was narrowly avoiding

• driving off the cliff

• Ethan was narrowly avoiding

• off the cliff

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 how the underlined gerund is being used in the sentence:

Halim was punished for cheating.

• subject

• object of a preposition

• direct object

• subject complement

Multiple Choice

Identify how the underlined gerund is being used in the sentence:

Her favorite sport is swimming.

• subject

• object of a preposition

• direct object

• subject complement

Multiple Choice

Identify how the underlined gerund is being used in the sentence:

Reading is an important skill.

• subject

• object a the preposition

• direct object

• subject complement

Multiple Choice

Identify how the underlined gerund is being used in the sentence:

We gave our consent in writing.

• subject

• object of a preposition

• direct object

• subject complement

Multiple Choice

Identify how the underlined gerund is being used in the sentence.

For most birds, flying is a way to escape predators.

• subject

• object a the preposition

• direct object

• subject complement

Multiple Choice

Identify how the underlined gerund phrase is being used in the sentence.

The team practiced running on Friday.

• subject

• object a preposition

• direct object

• subject complement

Multiple Choice

Identify how the underlined gerund phrase is being used in the sentence:

Jessica really enjoys bothering the neighbors with loud music.

• subject

• object a preposition

• direct object

• subject complement