Present Participle Phrases and Gerunds

How is the underlined gerund phrase being used in this sentence?

• subject

• direct object

• predicate noun

• object of a preposition

Gerunds act as what part of speech?

• verbs

• adverbs

• nouns

• adjectives

Bruno hates shopping.

• Verb

• Participle

• Gerund

Identify the gerunds (check three):

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

• acting

• keeping

• coughing

• art

The gravy needs stirring.

• Verb

• Participle

• Gerund

What is the participle?

The gushing water was causing severe flooding.

• flooding

• gushing

• severe

• water

People __________ from the illness find it difficult to relax.

• suffered

• suffering

• who suffering

• was suffering

Satisfying service

• Gerund

• Present Participle

At first, they were ___(interest) in ___ (dance).

• interesting, dancing

• interested, danced

• interested, dancing

• interesting, dance

Identify the participle:

Working in the lab, the scientist created a robot.

• working

• lab

• created

• robot