Gerunds and Participles

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A gerund is a form of a verb that acts as a(n) ---

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noun

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A participle is a form of a verb that acts as a(n) ---

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adjective

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Hoping for a new bicycle and a toy robot, my brother couldn't sleep at all Christmas Eve.

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Participle

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Identify the grammatical form of the underlined phrase: shopping for shoes.

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Gerund

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Hours of editing the newspaper ruined their day.

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gerund

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Evan really loves listening to music from his playlist.

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Gerund

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What is the grammatical function of "crying and exhausted" in the sentence: "The children, crying and exhausted, were guided out of the collapsed house."?

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Participle

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The seagulls gliding through the air looked like pieces of paper caught in the wind.

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Participle

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It is the beating of his hideous heart!

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Gerund

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The honking of the car horn awoke him from his nap.

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Gerund