Gerunds Infinitives Participles

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

• The

• sobbing

• child

• held

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. 

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

Yesterday, while going to church, Phil offered to paint the house.

• infinitive

• gerund

• present participle

• past participle

Give this to your mother; she loves reading.

• infinitive

• gerund

• present participle

• past 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