Gerunds, Infinitives, Participles

Gerunds, Infinitives, Participles

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Gerunds, Infinitives, Participles

Gerunds, Infinitives, Participles

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.8.1A, L.3.1A, L.1.4C

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the sentence, "Removing his glasses, the professor shook his head with disappointment," what is the underlined phrase?

Gerund phrase

Infinitive phrase

Appositive phrase

Participial phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the RED phrase?
Flying in a plane is my favorite way to travel.

participle

gerund

infintive

prepositional phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the RED phrase?

participle

gerund

infinitive

prepositional phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentence has a gerund phrase?

Gambling at the casino, Jeff lost his money.

Collecting stamps is my hobby.

Mya, my favorite aunt, loves to cook.

To finish in first place, you have to run really fast.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the participle in the following sentence?
The sobbing child held his injured knee.

The

sobbing

child

held

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Find the infinitive in each sentence.
In the past, John was terrified to play the tuba in front of people. 

In the past,

John was terrified

to play the tuba

in front of people. 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Piling too much laundry into a washing machine will cause it to malfunction.

washing

piling

malfunction

cause

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

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