Participial, Gerund, & Infinitive

Participles, gerunds, and infinitives are all...

• Clauses

• Verbals

• Intransitive

• Passive Voice

What is a participle?

• A word formed from a verb that acts as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun

• a word formed from a verb and ending in -ing. Used as a noun.

• to + verb

• A word used to connect two independent clauses.

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

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

• noun

What is the gerund in this sentence: Josiah and Ama were waiting patiently for the reading of the will.

• waiting

• reading

• were

• patiently

Check all that apply to infinitive phrases.

• made up of "to" plus a verb

• must be capitalized

• can be a modifier or a noun

• can have objects

What is the infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

Eating a balanced diet allows a person to keep healthy.

• eating a balanced diet

• balanced diet

• allows a person to keep

• to keep healthy

Which of the following is NOT an infinitive?

• to visualize

• to understand

• to wonder

• to Austin

People see psychiatrists because they need to talk about their issues.

• infinitive

• gerund

• present participle

• past participle

Sophie agreed to meet with me, but then she never showed up.

• infinitive

• gerund

• present participle

• past participle

They were presented with the menu; choosing was difficult.

• infinitive

• gerund

• present participle

• past participle