Mastering Infinitives, Participles, and Gerunds

Identify the infinitive in the following sentence: "She likes to swim in the ocean."

• likes

• to swim

• in

• ocean

Find the participial phrase in the sentence: "The cat, sitting on the windowsill, seemed very content."

• The cat

• sitting on the windowsill

• seemed very

• very content

Identify the participle in the following sentence: "Running quickly, the athlete broke the record."

• Running

• quickly

• athlete

• broke

Which word in the sentence is a gerund? "Jogging in the morning is refreshing."

• Jogging

• morning

• is

• refreshing

Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence: "To win the championship, the team practiced every day."

• To win the championship

• the team

• practiced every day

• every day

Find the gerund phrase in the sentence: "They are excited about going to the new amusement park."

• They are

• excited about

• going to the new amusement park

• the new amusement park

Identify the infinitive in the following sentence: "To understand calculus, you need to study."

• understand

• calculus

• need

• to study

Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase? "The book, written by the famous author, was a bestseller."

• The book

• written by the famous author

• was a bestseller

• by the famous author

Identify the participle in the sentence: "The barking dog kept the neighbors awake."

• The

• barking

• dog

• kept

Which word in the sentence is a gerund? "Writing novels takes a lot of creativity."

• Writing

• novels

• takes

• creativity