Gerund Practice

Identify the gerund: Eating ice cream is my favorite hobby.

• Eating

• ice cream

• is

• favorite hobby

Identify the gerund: Before leaving the party, everyone was given a piece of cake.

• Before

• leaving

• everyone

• given

Identify the gerund: The herd of wolves ran with increasing speed up the mountain.

• wolves

• ran

• increasing

• speed

Identify the gerund: She is usually sleeping at this hour.

• She

• is

• usually

• sleeping

Identify the gerund: I avoided talking to him after the argument.

• I

• avoided

• talking

• him

Identify the function of the gerund: Eating ice cream is my favorite hobby.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Predicate Nominative

• Object of the preposition

identify the function of the gerund: Before leaving the party, everyone was given a piece of cake.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Predicate Nominative

• Object of the preposition

Identify the function of the gerund: The herd of wolves ran with increasing speed up the mountain.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Predicate Nominative

• Object of the preposition

Identify the function of the gerund: She is usually sleeping at this hour.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Predicate Nominative

• Object of the preposition

Identify the function of the gerund: I avoided talking to him after the argument.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Predicate Nominative

• Object of the preposition