Gerunds, Infinitives, Participles

Find the PARTICIPLE.
Melted snow is such a mess.

• melted

• snow

• is

• mess

Find the PARTICIPLE.
The student completed growing piles of homework.

• student

• completed

• growing

• piles

Find the PARTICIPLE.
The teacher's writing session was very helpful.

• teacher's

• writing

• session

• was

How is the underlined word functioning?
The deserted town was said to have many ghosts.

• Verb

• Participle

• Gerund

Find the infinitive in each sentence.
Being stranded in the blizzard, all Kira wanted was to survive. 

• Being stranded

•  in the blizzard,

• all Kira wanted was

• to survive.

Which one is the infinitive phrase?
The fighting men were asked to go to their car and leave the party. 

• to go 

• to their car

• there is no infinitive

Which one is the infinitive phrase?
Marissa refused to descend to the bottom of the cliff with the rest of the climbers.

• to descend

• to the bottom

• of the cliff

• of the climbers

Is playing a gerund or present participle in the following sentence:

I was playing outside yesterday.

• gerund

• present participle

by the events, Tony was taken home.

• infinitive

• gerund

• present participle

• past participle

Talking on the phone, the man never saw the thief steal his briefcase.

• infinitive

• gerund

• present participle

• past participle