Gerund

Identify the gerund phrase:

Paul finished painting the kitchen.

• Paul finished painting

• Paul finished

• finished painting

• painting the kitchen

What is the function of the gerund phrase?

• subject (S)

• subject complement (SC)

• direct object (DO)

• indirect object (IO)

• object of the preposition (OP)

Identify the gerund phrase:

Cooking at higher altitudes often requires recipe adjustments.

• cooking at

• cooking at higher

• cooking at higher altitudes

• at higher altitudes

What is the function of the gerund phrase?

• subject (S)

• subject complement (SC)

• direct object (DO)

• indirect object (IO)

• object of the preposition (OP)

Identify the gerund phrase:

The worst way to spend a Saturday afternoon is babysitting a pack of crying children.

• babysitting a pack

• babysitting a pack of crying children

• of crying children

• crying children

For most birds, flying is a way to escape predators.

• birds

• flying

• escape

• predators

Identify the gerund

Many of the laughing students love singing.

• Many

• laughing

• love

• singing

Ethan was narrowly avoiding driving off the cliff.

• was narrowly avoiding

• driving off the cliff

• Ethan was narrowly avoiding

• off the cliff

We were noticing people's character by their way of eating jelly beans.

• eating jelly beans

• noticing people's character

• by their way of eating jelly beans

• were noticing

Identify how the underlined gerund is being used in the sentence:

Halim was punished for cheating.

• subject

• object of the preposition

• direct object

• predicate noun