Gerunds and Infinitives

Identify the gerund in the following sentence: 'I enjoy swimming in the ocean.'

• swimming

• dancing

• running

• jumping

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the gerund phrase in the following sentence: 'I enjoy swimming in the ocean.'

• swimming

• swimming in the ocean

• I

• I enjoy

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the function of the gerund in the following sentence: 'I enjoy swimming in the ocean.'

• subject

• adjective

• adverb

• direct object

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the infinitive in the following sentence: 'She wants to go to the movies.'

• to the movies

• She wants

• wants to go

• to go

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: 'She wants to go to the movies.'

• to the movies

• to go to the movies

• She wants to go

• to go

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the function of the infinitive in the following sentence: 'She wants to go to the movies.'

• subject

• adjective

• adverb

• direct object

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Differentiate between gerunds and infinitives in the following sentence: 'I like dancing and to sing.'

• Dancing is a verb, and to sing is a noun

• Dancing is an adverb, and to sing is an adjective

• Dancing is a preposition, and to sing is a conjunction

• Dancing is a gerund, and to sing is an infinitive.

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the gerund in the following sentence: 'Running is good exercise.'

• Eating

• Sleeping

• Jumping

• Running

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the infinitive in the following sentence: 'He decided to study abroad.'

• he decided

• to study

• study abroad

• decided to

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Differentiate between gerunds and infinitives in the following sentence: 'I love to cook and cooking.'

• The infinitive in the sentence is 'baking' and the gerund is 'to cook'.

• The infinitive in the sentence is 'to cook' and the gerund is 'cooking'.

• The infinitive in the sentence is 'to bake' and the gerund is 'baking'.

• The infinitive in the sentence is 'cooking' and the gerund is 'to bake'.

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CCSS.L.8.1A