Language Arts Benchmark Review

What are the three types of verbals?

• Gerund, Participle, Infinitive
• Gerund, Verbal, Participle

What does a gerund end in?

• -ing
• -t
• -ed
• to

What does an infinitive have?

• The ending -ing
• The word 'two' in front of a noun
• The word 'too' in front of a verb
• The word 'to' in front of a verb

What is the correct example of an infinitive?

• I want ice cream too!
• The two of us are going to get ice cream. 
• To graduate is his goal.

The new game uses playing cards.
What is the participle? 

• new
• game
• playing
• cards

How is the following gerund or gerund phrase (in red) functioning in the sentence?
Cheering for the team is fun.

• subject
• subject complement
• direct object
• indirect object

Gerunds are verbal _____________.

• nouns
• adjectives
• adverbs
• verbs

I miss _______ in London

• live
• living
• to live
• having lived

Select the gerund phrase used as a direct object. 

• Rebuilding was a good idea for the community.
• Kate never gets tired of reading.
• Lily, a soccer players, loves running in the morning.

Select the gerund phrase used as the subject.

• Listening to music relaxes me. 
• Her favorite activity is running through the forest.
• Amy enjoys drawing.