Gerunds and Participles

Buttering toast with a fork, Bernard vowed that he would finally wash the week's worth of dirty dishes piled in the sink.

• Gerund

• Participle

Coming home, he found several valuable things missing.

• Gerund

• Participle

Identify the highlighted word/phrase as a Gerund or Participle.
He ruined his sight by watching TV all day.

• Participle

• Gerund

Of all my interests, I care most about swimming.

• swimming

• interests

• care

• about

My favorite sport, running, takes a great deal of effort.

• takes

• running

• favorite

• effort

Identify the highlighted word/phrase as a Gerund or Participle.
In the kitchen, the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of back, two coffees and two cool glasses of milk.

• Participle

• Gerund

Identify the highlighted word/phrase as a Gerund or Participle.
We saw a clown standing on his head.

• Participle

• Gerund

Identify the highlighted word/phrase as a Gerund or Participle.
Asking questions is a whole lot easier than answering them.

• Participle

• Gerund

Identify the participle in the sentence.
Hammering the nails, Jackson envisioned the treehouse he would build.

• Jackson

• envisioned

• Hammering

• would

Identify the participle in the sentence.
I did not want to eat the burned potatoes that my mother cooked.

• cooked

• Mother

• want

• burned